❓ Hon Tjorn Sibma requested and received a breakdown of land tax revenue received by the WA State Government across different land value scales for the financial years 2015-16 to 2018-19. The answer explains a significant increase in the highest land value bracket in 2016-17 due to changes in land tax rates.
AnsweredQoN 2101Legislative Council
Asked
7 May 2019
Member
Portfolio
Treasurer; Minister for Finance; Aboriginal Affairs; Lands
QuestionView source ↗
In tabular form, for each financial year: 2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18; and, 2018-19 (to date), will the Minister please provide the land tax revenue received by the State Government for according for each of the following land tax scales: (a) $300,001 - $420,000; (b) $420,000 - $1,000,000; (c) $1,000,000 - $1,800,000; (d) $1,800,000 - $5,000,000; (e) $5,000,000 - $11,000,000; and (f) $11,000,000+?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 June 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Treasurer; Minister for Finance; Aboriginal Affairs; Lands
Response time
12 days
(a)-(f)
Land Tax Revenue Raised
Land Tax Scales
$
2015-16
$
2016-17
$
2017-18
$
2018-19 (to 20 May 2019)
$
300,001 - 420,000
12,550,692
12,439,992
12,153,150
11,989,050
420,001 - 1,000,000
51,868,970
50,569,957
48,795,101
46,936,767
1,000,001 - 1,800,000
69,138,081
66,127,750
63,070,974
61,245,419
1,800,001 - 5,000,000
201,363,642
189,220,889
176,841,051
169,545,655
5,000,001 - 11,000,000
152,071,267
144,916,139
137,455,478
131,387,835
11,000,001+
469,672,903
888,850,924
406,465,322
393,713,244
For the Member’s information, the dramatic increase in the $11,000,001+ bracket, in 2016-17 is due to the previous Government’s decision to change the land tax rates. The decline from 2017-18 is due to the drop in unimproved values of land in the land tax base.
Land Tax Revenue Raised
Land Tax Scales
$
2015-16
$
2016-17
$
2017-18
$
2018-19 (to 20 May 2019)
$
300,001 - 420,000
12,550,692
12,439,992
12,153,150
11,989,050
420,001 - 1,000,000
51,868,970
50,569,957
48,795,101
46,936,767
1,000,001 - 1,800,000
69,138,081
66,127,750
63,070,974
61,245,419
1,800,001 - 5,000,000
201,363,642
189,220,889
176,841,051
169,545,655
5,000,001 - 11,000,000
152,071,267
144,916,139
137,455,478
131,387,835
11,000,001+
469,672,903
888,850,924
406,465,322
393,713,244
For the Member’s information, the dramatic increase in the $11,000,001+ bracket, in 2016-17 is due to the previous Government’s decision to change the land tax rates. The decline from 2017-18 is due to the drop in unimproved values of land in the land tax base.
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