25/07/2022
From next year, some first home buyers in NSW will be able to choose between paying the lump sum of stamp duty or an annual land tax.
Under the plan first home buyers purchasing a property up to $1,500,000 can opt to pay an annual fee of $400 plus 0.3 per cent of the land value.
For example, buying a $1.35m house, with a land value of $810,000, the stamp duty would be $59,125.
But if a buyer is holding on to the property for less than 20 years, they are better off paying the $2,830-per-year land tax — which would total $56,600.
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From next year, some first home buyers in NSW will be able to choose between paying the lump of sum stamp duty or an annual land tax.