The temporary pause on livestock duty will end on 30 September 2026. Approved agents, vendors and owner’s agents should prepare to resume paying duty on sales made from 1 October 2026.
Duties returns
Form reference: Duties-Form-64
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Open the Duties-Form-64 formAbout this form
Use this form to lodge monthly returns and make payments for:
- livestock duty, if you are the owner of livestock or a livestock agent. Review the process to lodge a return as an approved agent.
- insurance duty, if you are an insurer or an agent acting on behalf of an insurer. Review the process to lodge a return as an insurer.
You must be registered with us and have a valid customer number to use this form.
Returns and payments are due by the 21st of each month, even if no duty is payable for that month.
Get these details ready
Livestock returns
You will need:
- your customer name
- your customer number
- the month covered by the return
- the number of cattle sold
- the number of cattle carcasses sold, separated into those weighing up to 250kg and those weighing more than 250kg
- the number of sheep and goats sold
- the number of sheep and goat carcasses sold
- the number of swine sold
- the number of swine carcasses sold.
Insurer returns
You will need:
- your customer name
- your customer number
- the period covered by the return
- the amount of duty payable for the return period.
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