Evidentiary Requirements Manual
When you buy or acquire property in Victoria, you pay land transfer duty on your property, unless an exemption applies. The Evidentiary Requirements Manual provides guidance in relation to the evidence you need to provide the State Revenue Office so that we can assess your transaction or grant an exemption in accordance with the Duties Act 2000.
Most transactions need to be lodged through Duties Online:
- Standard system assessed transactions prior to settlement via Electronic Lodgement Network Operator (ELNO) lodgement (DOL).
- Complex transactions 30 days prior to settlement via ELNO lodgement (Complex DOL).
- After settlement, Electronic Lodgement Model (ELM) paper transactions via settlement statement.
In a few rare instances, the State Revenue Office (SRO) may accept documents lodged outside of Duties Online. This is noted in the specific lodgement requirements.
Digital duties forms
You must use the digital duties form for all contracts, or where there is no contract, all transfers, entered into on or after 1 July 2017. Any reference to these forms in the Evidentiary Requirements Manual should be read as a reference to the digital duties form.
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Section | Title | Lodgement category | Sub category | Channel |
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s7 (1)(b) & 10 (1)(e) | Deceased estates - transfer of life estate | Fractional Interest | ELM | |
s10(1)(a)&(d) | Vesting order | Historical & Terms Contracts | SRO | |
s50A | Conversion of land use entitlement to different form of title | Land use entitlement | ELM | |
s48A | Amalgamations of industrial organisations — exemption | No double duty | SRO | |
s218 of Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 | Transfer to an incorporated association or the amalgamation of two or more incorporated associations | No double duty | Complex DOL | |
s17 (1) | No double duty (transaction effected by more than one document) | No double duty | Complex DOL | |
s32XD | Economic entitlements | Other | ELM | |
s250 – s250 D | Corporate reconstruction and consolidation exemption | Other | SRO | |
s61 - 63 | First home owner exemptions and concessions — first home owner with family | Other | Complex DOL | |
s16 and Part 5 of the TAA | Liability to duty and tax default | Other |