Stamp duty on a property in the ACT

Table 2, with $4.54 per $100 of the whole value over $1,455,000.

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The purchase

How is investor or home 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.