This calculator estimates your land tax at general rates, including the absentee owner surcharge (if applicable).
Who can use this calculator?
- Individuals
- Companies
- Corporate groups
- Joint ownerships
- Trusts assessed at general rates
- Unit and discretionary trusts for land used by a nominated PPR beneficiary
If the trust owns other land that will be assessed at the trust surcharge rate, you must use the land tax trust surcharge calculator for your remaining land tax liability.
Joint owners and nominated or notified beneficiaries
This calculator does not include any deduction you may receive for tax payable by the trustee or the joint ownership if any of the following apply:
- You have a notified beneficial interest in a fixed or unit trust.
- You are the nominated beneficiary of a discretionary trust.
- You own land with others.
In these situations, the calculation is only indicative of your liability.
Who can’t use this calculator?
- Trusts assessed at the trust surcharge rate.
- If you have to pay special land tax.
- If you are a club that pays land tax at the concessional tax rate.
- If you are a charity or municipal council being assessed on a single holding basis.
Before you start
You need to know the following:
- Which year you are calculating your estimated land tax for.
- The total value of all the taxable land you own for the relevant year as at midnight 31 December. We use site value (find the total taxable value on your land tax assessment notice).
- Your absentee owner status.
Do not include the value of any exempt land such as your home, also known as your principal place of residence (PPR), or primary production land.
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Terms and conditions
- This calculator can only be used for reference purposes.
- While the State Revenue Office makes every attempt to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the automatic calculations provided in this service, you will acknowledge that there may be instances where the State Revenue Office is required to recalculate the figures submitted for assessment.
- Note that these terms and conditions of usage should be read in conjunction with the disclaimer on our website.
- There may be certain components in the calculator that may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by the State Revenue Office or other third parties and no licence is granted in respect of these intellectual property rights.
- Any copies of the information, products, technology or processes must retain copyright and other intellectual property notices contained in the original material.
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