❓ Hon. Darren West questions the Minister for Planning regarding the extension of the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax to regional WA, focusing on the number of affected landowners, geographical application, and expected revenue.
AnsweredQoN 60Legislative Council
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METROPOLITAN
REGION IMPROVEMENT TAX
60. Hon DARREN WEST to the
minister representing the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the extension of the
metropolitan region improvement tax to regional Western Australia.
(1) How many landowners are expected to pay the new tax?
(2) To what parts of regional WA will this new tax apply?
(3) How much is expected to be collected as a result in 2015–16?
REGION IMPROVEMENT TAX
60. Hon DARREN WEST to the
minister representing the Minister for Planning:
I refer to the extension of the
metropolitan region improvement tax to regional Western Australia.
(1) How many landowners are expected to pay the new tax?
(2) To what parts of regional WA will this new tax apply?
(3) How much is expected to be collected as a result in 2015–16?
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I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) The
proposed tax extension includes a range of exemptions. Properties with a value
below $300 000, principal places of residence, farming properties, retirement
villages, educational centres, conservation groups, religious groups and mining
tenements will be exempt. The first $300 000 of unimproved land value is also
exempt. After these exemptions, approximately 22 000 landowners are expected to
pay the proposed tax.
(2) The
extension of the existing metropolitan region improvement tax is intended to be
applied across the entire state.
(3) On current
estimates for 2015–16, the expansion is expected to yield $17.6 million
that will be invested for strategic land acquisitions, including for
environmentally important sites, future infrastructure projects and transport
routes in regional areas.
[Interruption
from the gallery.]
The
PRESIDENT : That wouldn't
be the ABC photographer, would it?
of the question.
(1) The
proposed tax extension includes a range of exemptions. Properties with a value
below $300 000, principal places of residence, farming properties, retirement
villages, educational centres, conservation groups, religious groups and mining
tenements will be exempt. The first $300 000 of unimproved land value is also
exempt. After these exemptions, approximately 22 000 landowners are expected to
pay the proposed tax.
(2) The
extension of the existing metropolitan region improvement tax is intended to be
applied across the entire state.
(3) On current
estimates for 2015–16, the expansion is expected to yield $17.6 million
that will be invested for strategic land acquisitions, including for
environmentally important sites, future infrastructure projects and transport
routes in regional areas.
[Interruption
from the gallery.]
The
PRESIDENT : That wouldn't
be the ABC photographer, would it?
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