The Australian Government is decommissioning AUSkey and replacing it with myGovID.
Foreign purchaser additional duty provisions were introduced with effect from 1 July 2015.
The first of the 2020 land tax assessments will soon be distributed, with more to come over the coming months.
The Victorian Government has announced a range of tax relief measures for people affected by the Victorian bushfires. They include:
If you have been impacted by the bushfires, we don't want you to worry about your state taxes:
Notifications for vacant residential land tax and the absentee owner surcharge
Revenue Ruling PTA-021, which deals with the payroll tax exclusion for contractors who ordinarily provide services to the public, has been redrafted following an inter-jurisdictional review and is now open for public comment. Under the Payroll Tax Act 2007:
As of today, 1 January 2020, Victoria’s integrity regime has been strengthened via the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012, which was formerly known as the Protected Disclosure Act 2012.
Our customer service centre, which responds to calls to our 13 21 61 phone number, is closing over the Christmas-New Year period.
The centre will close at 5pm on Tuesday 24 December 2019 and reopen at 8.30am on Thursday 2 January 2020.
As a result of changes announced in the Victorian Government's 2019-20 Budget and made by the State Taxation Acts Amendment Act 2019, two of our existing motor vehicle duty revenue rulings relating to licensed motor car traders (LMCTs) have been reissued following a period of public