Property, water and land tax

Companion Card

Centrelink and Department of Veterans’ Affairs Health Care Card

Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

Pensioner Concession Card

Seniors Card

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Property, water and land tax

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  Duty on transfer of business assets (not land)

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  An exemption from duty on the transfer of business assets (other than land) between relatives is available in some circumstances.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on intergenerational rural transfers

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  An exemption from duty on the transfer of property, used solely or principally for primary production, is available when the property is transferred to a relative or to a trustee for the benefit of relatives.

  Detailed and specific conditions apply to this concession.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on the transfer of matrimonial property following a marriage breakdown

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  An exemption from duty on the transfer of matrimonial property from one spouse to another; or to a child of the marriage, is available to:

  • partners in a marriage that is dissolved or annulled (or, in the opinion of the Commissioner, has irretrievably broken down)
  • a child of the relationship under the age of 18.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on the transfer of property following breakdown of a personal relationship

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  An exemption from duty on the transfer of property from one partner to another, or to a child of the partners of a personal relationship (married, nonmarried and carer relationships) is available to:

  • partners in a personal relationship that is terminated
  • a child, of the partners, under the age of 18.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Duty on transfer of real property into joint names

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  An exemption from duty on the transfer of property into joint names is available to:

  • partners in a marriage or personal relationship (significant and carer relationships).

  Only available for their principle place of residence.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: dutyhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Land tax on primary production land

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A land tax concession may be available for land that is used substantially for the business of primary production.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: taxhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Water and sewerage concession

  

  Pensioner Concession Card

  Eligible customers can receive a State Government funded concession of up to $169 ($84.50 for water, $84.50 for sewerage) off their water and sewerage service charges for the 2013-14 financial year.

  The amount of concession available will be proportioned in accordance with the date the application is received by TasWater.

  To be eligible you must be legally responsible for the account and occupy the property as your principal place of residence.

  Eligible concessions are:

  • DHS Health Care Card
  • DHS or DVA Pensioner Concession Card; and
  • Repatriation Health Card – For All Conditions (Gold Card).

  For more information:

  Phone: 13 6992
  Email: enquiries@taswater.com.au
  Web: www.taswater.com.au

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  Land tax on principal residence land

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  A land tax concession may be available for land (as at 1 July each year):

  • on which a domestic dwelling exists; and
  • is the owner’s principal place of residence.

  A rebate on land tax is available on land:

  • on which a dwelling is built as the principal residence of the owner during the year.

  For more information:

  Phone: 6166 4400 or 1800 001 388
  Email: taxhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
  Web: www.sro.tas.gov.au

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  Land tax on principal residence land in transitional circumstances

  

  Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria

  Rebate of land tax is available to all owners of land (as at 1 July each year) where the owners have two principal places of residence in transitional circumstances.

  • The rebate applies where owners have purchased a new principal place of residence before 30 June but not yet sold their previous principal place of residence by that date.

  Detailed and specific conditions apply to this concession.

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