First Home Owner Rate of Stamp Duty
This information applies to documents and transaction entered into prior to 1 July 2008, otherwise please refer to Duties information.
A first home owner may be eligible for the first home owner rate of stamp duty on a contract for the purchase of a home or vacant land where the contract is executed on or after 1 July 2004 and the Commissioner of State Revenue has authorised eligibility to receive a first home owner grant under the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000. The first home owner rate of stamp duty is also available to first home owners who receive land or a home as a gift in certain circumstances.
Thresholds and rates of duty.
How to apply for the first home owner rate of stamp duty
For full details on the first home owner rate of stamp duty please refer to the Fact Sheet or section 75AG of the Stamp Act 1921.
To calculate the duty payable using the online calculator.
Other Assistance For First Home Buyers: