Revenue Highlights

Performance against forecast for 2018-19

2018-19 Forecast $'000 Collections $'000 Variance (%)
Payroll Tax 6,978,900 7,003,524 +0.4
Land Transfer Duty 5,989,900 6,008,666 +0.3
Land Tax 3,671,100 3,513,966 -4.3
General Insurance Duty 1,172,100 1,172,269 +0.0
Fire Services Property Levy 645,300 647,688 +0.4
TAC Duty 206,900 200,378 -3.2
Congestion Levy 111,300 111,336 +0.0
GAIC 286,500 282,930 -1.2
Liquor licence fees 26,700 24,048 -9.9
Metropolitan Planning Levy 21,300 20,314 -4.6
Other miscellaneous duties   11,339 N/A
Commercial passenger vehicle service levy   48,434 N/A
Wagering and betting tax   47,972 N/A
Total revenue 19,110,000 19,092,864 -0.1

 

 
 

The increase in 2018-19 is due to the biannual valuation cycle.

 
$110,500,000 total revenue collected from absentee owners in 2018-19
$100,900,000 total revenue collected from absentee owners in 2017-18
3026 absentee owners in 2018-19
2728 absentee owners in 2017-18
$242,300,000 total revenue collected from foreign purchaser additional duty in 2018-19
$219,300,000 total revenue collected from foreign purchaser additional duty in 2017-18
5852 property transactions in Victoria by foreign purchasers in 2018-19
5256 property transactions in Victoria by foreign purchasers in 2017-18