❓ A parliamentary question regarding the WA government's plan to introduce a premium property tax, its impact on families, and whether it will be extended to the developed value of property. The government confirms its intention to proceed while mitigating financial hardship.
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In the face of growing alarm among many Western Australians that families will suffer financial hardship and be forced to sell their homes - (1) Will the Government persist in its intention to introduce a premium property tax? (2) If so, how many family properties will be taxed? (3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(1) Will the Government persist in its intention to introduce a premium property tax? (2) If so, how many family properties will be taxed? (3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(2) If so, how many family properties will be taxed? (3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(1) Will the Government persist in its intention to introduce a premium property tax? (2) If so, how many family properties will be taxed? (3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(2) If so, how many family properties will be taxed? (3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(3) If the number of families that will fall victim to this inequitable and unfair tax is not known, how did the Government arrive at its estimates in the budget papers? (4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(4) When will the tax be extended to the developed value of property? (5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(5) Which members of the state Parliamentary Labor Party will be required to pay this tax? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(1) The Government will introduce the premium property tax and make arrangements to minimise genuine financial hardship for those people who are subject to the tax. (2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(2)-(3) There are approximately 900 owner-occupied properties in Western Australia with an unimproved land value in excess of $1 million - the premium property tax exemption threshold. (4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(4) The Government has no intention of extending the premium property tax to the developed value of property. It seems to me that the Liberal Party is interested in doing that, but the Government will not do it. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: I thought those opposite would be interested in the answer. (5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
(5) Under existing land tax legislation and proposed premium property tax legislation, the Commissioner of State Revenue is, and will be, precluded by secrecy provisions from providing information on individual taxpayers.
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