Stamp duty will be scrapped for some first home buyers in Queensland, after the state parliament passed new laws to reduce up-front costs. The Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill will deliver ...

All Australians pay tax on top of insurance cover but home owners in some states are paying double or triple tax on their ...

Buying a car should be as simple as picking the one you like, paying the sticker price, and driving off with it. Maybe that’s how it works in some utopian parallel universe – one where street parking ...

According to research conducted by Dr Garvin and his team, "stamp duty is deterring close to a quarter of potential downsizers". It analysed the impacts of Queensland's stamp duty rate rise on ...

“Around 20 per cent of your premium in Queensland is stamp duty and GST,” he said. “We think that the time has come for the community to be really aware of the amount of tax they are paying ...

While the $7000 grant was a far more sizeable boost to a prospective first homebuyer’s fortunes when it was first introduced ...

There’s an old joke about divorces. Do you know why they’re so expensive? Because they’re worth it. Elections are no ...

Brisbane homebuyers are forking out up to $348,000 in tax and red tape to get the keys to an average-priced new build in the ...

Victoria will become a “mendicant state” next financial year, receiving a $3.9 billion boost in GST as Queensland suffers a ...

An SMSF must amend its trust deed before engaging in limited recourse borrowing, a legal specialist has said. Michael Hallinan, special counsel for SUPERCentral, said unlike buying an investment ...