Accounting bodies are concerned about the need to juggle three taxes concurrently: stamp duty, land tax and property tax.
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The RBA governor has doubled down on his support to remove stamp duty following budget announcements by NSW and Victoria relating to the tax.
The Andrews government is pouring $6 billion into housing initiatives and planning changes it hopes will help more Victorians into secure homes.
The New South Wales government wants to make stamp duty optional in a major reform to stimulate the economy after the Covid-19 recession.
Stamp duty may become the latest casualty of the COVID-19 crisis, as state governments reevaluate the golden goose of taxation.
New-home buyers could be given a $50,000 handout under a proposal by the Property Council of Australia.
Buyers of freshly built homes would get a $50,000 cheque from the Morrison government under a $2.5 billion plan from the Property Council to kickstart the econo…
March data showed the Perth property market was continuing in the right direction, with the fifth month in a row of CoreLogic’s Hedonic Home Value Index rising,…
Western Australian Government has today announced Stamp Duty rebates of up to $50,000 for all buyers purchasing off-the-plan apartments in a bid to stimulate th…
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