Land tax on an investment block, year by year
Victoria only
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The same land value gives different land tax in different years, because the enacted scales change: nil in 2023, $975 a year from 2024 to 2033 and nil from 2034 to 2035.
Worked examples
A $250,000 block, 2023 to 2035
An investment block with a site value of $250,000, owned by one person with no other taxable land.
| Year | Land tax | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $0 | single |
| 2024 | $975 | single |
| 2025 | $975 | single |
| 2026 | $975 | single |
| 2027* | $975 | single |
| 2028* | $975 | single |
| 2029* | $975 | single |
| 2030* | $975 | single |
| 2031* | $975 | single |
| 2032* | $975 | single |
| 2033* | $975 | single |
| 2034* | $0 | single |
| 2035* | $0 | single |
* projected under the rules in force today. Sources: (State Revenue Office Victoria, verified 16 Sep 2026) [2] [3] (Parliament of Victoria, verified 16 Sep 2026)
A $700,000 block over the same years
The same owner, a bigger block: the scale changes move the bill every way at once.
| Year | Land tax | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,475 | single |
| 2024 | $2,850 | single |
| 2025 | $2,850 | single |
| 2026 | $2,850 | single |
| 2027* | $2,850 | single |
| 2028* | $2,850 | single |
| 2029* | $2,850 | single |
| 2030* | $2,850 | single |
| 2031* | $2,850 | single |
| 2032* | $2,850 | single |
| 2033* | $2,850 | single |
| 2034* | $1,475 | single |
| 2035* | $1,475 | single |
* projected under the rules in force today. Sources: (State Revenue Office Victoria, verified 16 Sep 2026) [2] [3] (Parliament of Victoria, verified 16 Sep 2026)
Why it differs: The same land value gives different land tax in different years, because the enacted scales change: $1,475 in 2023, $2,850 a year from 2024 to 2033 and $1,475 a year from 2034 to 2035.
The $700,000 block held in a trust
A trust pays the trust surcharge scale, which Delora encodes for the 2024 to 2033 land tax years.
| Year | Land tax | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Delora only encodes the trust surcharge land tax scale for the 2024 to 2033 land tax years, so it can't calculate 2023. | |
| 2024 | $5,238 | single |
| 2025 | $5,238 | single |
| 2026 | $5,238 | single |
| 2027* | $5,238 | single |
| 2028* | $5,238 | single |
| 2029* | $5,238 | single |
| 2030* | $5,238 | single |
| 2031* | $5,238 | single |
| 2032* | $5,238 | single |
| 2033* | $5,238 | single |
| 2034 | Delora only encodes the trust surcharge land tax scale for the 2024 to 2033 land tax years, so it can't calculate 2034. | |
| 2035 | Delora only encodes the trust surcharge land tax scale for the 2024 to 2033 land tax years, so it can't calculate 2035. | |
* projected under the rules in force today. Sources: (State Revenue Office Victoria, verified 16 Sep 2026) [2]
The regulator’s own example, run through Delora’s engine
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SRO’s own example: Anika
- Land tax
- $5,550
Delora's engine (Parliament of Victoria, verified 18 Sep 2026)
Rules behind these figures (5)
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Each rule is checked against real ATO and State Revenue Office worked examples (coverage) before it computes a live figure.
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What this doesn’t cover yet (10)
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- Delora doesn't yet encode the land tax rental test that applied before the 2021 land tax year, so it can't say whether your former home was exempt in that year. (regulator guidance)
- Delora only encodes Victoria's general land tax scales from the 2009 land tax year, so it can't calculate that year. (regulator guidance)
- Delora only encodes the that ownership type's land tax scale for the 2024 to 2033 land tax years, so it can't calculate that year. (regulator guidance)
- The 31 December before the that year land tax year falls on the sixth anniversary of your move. Delora hasn't verified how the State Revenue Office counts that exact day, so it won't guess whether the absence exemption still applied. (regulator guidance)
- Moving out because of family violence, or to move into care, is covered by separate absence rules that Delora doesn't encode yet, so it can't answer the land tax question. (regulator guidance)
- A home owned jointly, or alongside other taxable land, is assessed with the rest of your holdings, and Delora doesn't encode how the absence exemption works inside that assessment. It won't give a land tax figure. (regulator guidance)
- As a joint owner who also holds other taxable land you get a separate individual assessment with a joint ownership deduction. Delora needs every owner's holdings for that, so it won't give a figure. (regulator guidance)
- For jointly owned land the surcharge depends on whether every co-owner is absentee, which Delora doesn't model. It won't give a land tax figure. (regulator guidance)
- Land tax is assessed on all the taxable land you own together, and Delora doesn't encode the absence exemption inside an aggregated assessment. It won't give a land tax figure. (regulator guidance)
- A home held in a trust or company follows different exemption rules, which Delora doesn't encode for a former home. It won't give a land tax figure. (regulator guidance)
Sources and methodology
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- Land tax (historical rates) | State Revenue Office — State Revenue Office Victoria (retrieved 16 Sep 2026). Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Land tax (current rates) | State Revenue Office — State Revenue Office Victoria (retrieved 16 Sep 2026). Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Land Tax Act 2005 (Vic) — authorised version 086 (in force 1 May 2026) — Parliament of Victoria (retrieved 16 Sep 2026). Licence: Victorian legislation — free reuse per legislation.vic.gov.au copyright notice
- Vacant residential land tax (current rates) | State Revenue Office — State Revenue Office Victoria (retrieved 16 Sep 2026). Licence: CC BY 4.0
Figures on this page are drawn from Delora's local knowledge graph, refreshed from these primary sources and checked for changes on a regular schedule. If a figure here looks out of date, the official source above is always the authority — please let us know.
Frequently asked
What does this checker work out?
It runs your facts through Delora's gate-verified rules engines for Victorian land tax — the same engines checked against real ATO and State Revenue Office worked examples — and shows every figure with its source.
Is this tax advice?
No. It shows what the rules produce for the facts entered, not a recommendation or a substitute for advice from the ATO, the State Revenue Office or a tax professional about your own circumstances.
Why do the taxes give different answers for the same facts?
The same land value gives different land tax in different years, because the enacted scales change: nil in 2023, $975 a year from 2024 to 2033 and nil from 2034 to 2035.
Limitations: what Delora's gate-verified rules produce for the facts shown, not personal tax advice. Victoria only. Confirm your own situation with the ATO, the State Revenue Office or a tax professional.