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The GST was introduced in Australia on 1 July 2000 by the then Howard Liberal government. A number of supplies are GST-free (e.g., many basic foodstuffs, medical and educational services, exports), input-taxed (residential accommodation, financial services, etc.), exempt (Government charges) or outside the scope of GST.
After weeks of intense media and public pressure, the New South Wales State Government announced in its budget that it would reduce stamp duty and land tax, but critics argued that the State Government did not go far enough with much broader tax reform in New South Wales required to help encourage investment and business that had been forced ...
On 26 December 2013, due to the heavy decline in mail usage due to competition from email, etc., Australia Post requested an increase in the base rate to 70c. [6] On 4 January 2016, due to the heavy decline in mail usage due to competition from email, etc., Australia Post requested an increase in the base rate to $1.00. [7]
The price of a stamp in the United States last increased in July of 2024, where it went from 68 cents to 73 cents. Stamps were charged at 66 cents before that price increase which happened in ...
Stamp Duty Land Tax" (SDLT), a new transfer tax derived from stamp duty, was introduced for land and property transactions from 1 December 2003. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions". On 24 March 2010, Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced two significant changes to UK Stamp Duty Land ...
Stamp duty exempt for all other EVs and plug-in hybrids from 1 July 2027, or when EVs make up at least 30% of new car sales. [103] Victorian EV, PHEV and hybrid drivers pay a reduced rate of stamp duty and $100 off registration fees [40] Victoria exempts electric cars from the “luxury vehicle” rate of stamp duty. peak infrastructure
Since 1987, dividends paid by Australian companies are subject to the Australian dividend imputation system, under which Australian-resident shareholders who receive a dividend from an Australian company that has paid Australian company tax is entitled to claim a tax credit (called a franking credit) on the company tax imputed or associated ...
This has created significant debate as to the validity of other State taxation schemes, such as in the recent trend for States to extend stamp duty to certain dealings in goods. [20] In 2023, in the case of Vanderstock v Victoria the court ruled that a tax per kilometres driven for electric vehicles was an excise and therefore invalid.