Queensland First Home Owners' Grant
Program / SchemeReferenced in 3 bills
Duties and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill makes three stamp duty and grant changes from the 2016-17 Queensland Budget. It adds a 3% duty surcharge for foreign buyers of residential property, temporarily boosts the First Home Owner's Grant to $20,000, and extends a family farm transfer duty concession beyond gifts.
Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
This bill rolls several 2017-18 State Budget tax measures into one package. It extends the boosted $20,000 First Home Owners' Grant for another six months, introduces a new 1.5 per cent land tax surcharge on overseas-based landowners, tightens foreign buyer duty rules, and restores tenant protections against landlords passing on land tax on older commercial leases.
Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill makes changes across several Queensland revenue laws to implement 2017 election commitments and 2018-19 Budget measures. It increases duties on foreign property buyers and luxury vehicles, extends the boosted First Home Owner Grant, raises land tax on large landholdings, extends the payroll tax rebate for apprentice and trainee wages, modernises the primary production land tax exemption, validates historical mining royalty assessments, and enables electronic delivery of land tax documents.