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New South Wales Stamp Duty Calculator

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New South Wales transfer duty on the official revenue-office scale, with the first-home concessions that actually exist today — plus the state's land tax for investment property, on the same page.

On an A$850,000 purchase, standard duty is A$32,437. Land tax on A$900,000 of taxable investment land: A$0 a year.

The purchase & the land Duty on price; land tax on land value.

Land tax excludes your home (principal place of residence is exempt everywhere) and aggregates all investment land you hold in the state.

Transfer duty payable
A$32,437

on A$850,000 in New South Wales

Duty & land tax

Transfer duty (one-off)A$32,437
Land tax (per year, investment land)A$0
Foreign surcharge rate9%

How New South Wales charges duty and land tax

Transfer duty

2026-27 schedule (thresholds CPI-indexed each 1 July). Minimum duty $20 in the first bracket. Final bracket is the premium property rate: residential land only, applies above $3,870,000 (base $194,137 is continuous with the standard scale). Duty = base at threshold + rate_pct on the excess over the threshold.

Source: state revenue office.

First home buyers

First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme: no duty to $800,000, concessional to $1,000,000 (vacant land $350,000/$450,000) — modelled with the legislated slide.

Concessions as in force at the research date.

Land tax

Threshold A$1,075,000; top marginal rate 2%. Your home is exempt; trusts and companies get lower or nil thresholds, and foreign owners pay surcharges in most states.

Source: state revenue office — land tax.

Frequently asked questions

Is stamp duty the same in every state?

No — on A$850,000 it ranges from about A$33,435 in Tasmania to A$46,070 in Victoria on these scales. Each state sets its own.

Do I pay land tax on my own home?

No — the principal place of residence is exempt in every jurisdiction. Land tax here is for investment/rental land, aggregated per owner per state.

What does the foreign surcharge add?

9% of the price in New South Wales — on the default purchase, A$76,500 on top of duty.

Sources & verification. State and territory revenue offices (Revenue NSW, SRO Victoria, QRO, RevenueWA, RevenueSA, SRO Tasmania, ACT Revenue Office, NT Treasury) — schedules as researched 4 November 2026; NSW duty is the CPI-indexed 2026-27 scale, ACT duty the 2025-26 non-concessional scale. WA’s general scale reproduces RevenueWA’s published worked examples to the dollar. An estimator; the revenue office assessment governs.

New South Wales Stamp Duty Calculator for 2026: duty on an A$850,000 home is A$32,437, foreign-buyer surcharge 9%; land tax on A$900,000 of investment land is A$0 a year. Scales from the state revenue office.

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New South Wales Stamp Duty & Land Tax Calculator guide

Transfer duty and land tax for New South Wales on the revenue office’s published scales, with buyer types and the foreign surcharge.

How to use this tool

  1. Enter the purchase price.
  2. Choose the buyer type.
  3. Tick foreign buyer if it applies.
  4. Enter investment land value for land tax.

A worked example

On A$850,000, standard duty is A$32,437.

What you can do with this tool

How it works

Land tax on A$900,000 of investment land is A$0 a year.

Frequently asked questions

How much is stamp duty in New South Wales?

On A$850,000, A$32,437 for a standard buyer.

Is my home subject to land tax?

No — principal residences are exempt everywhere in Australia.