Foreign buyer stamp duty in the ACT

The ACT charges no foreign buyer duty, so a foreign buyer pays the same as any investor.

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The purchase

How is foreign buyer stamp duty worked out in the ACT?

A $750,000 purchase with a contract signed 4 Nov 2026 pays $22,200 of duty. On the scale it is $11,400 plus 4.32% of the amount over $500,000, $22,200.

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Where the rules come from

By Varun Agarwal. Updated

The ATO's figures on what landlords earn and lose, postcode by postcode, are in Rental income, losses and capital gains by postcode, 2023-24.