The NSW government is reportedly planning to phase out the stamp duty tax on real estate transactions. It has been widely applauded. My view on this can be summarised as… meh. Stamp duty brings the NSW government a lot of revenue—around half a billion dollars per month for the past decade, and nearly $10 billion in FY2020-21 (of which $7.9 billion came from residential property asset trades).
A comment on stamp duty
A comment on stamp duty
A comment on stamp duty
The NSW government is reportedly planning to phase out the stamp duty tax on real estate transactions. It has been widely applauded. My view on this can be summarised as… meh. Stamp duty brings the NSW government a lot of revenue—around half a billion dollars per month for the past decade, and nearly $10 billion in FY2020-21 (of which $7.9 billion came from residential property asset trades).