Land Transfer Duty – 2026 Update, SRO Practice Changes and Emerging Risks

Stamp duty in Victoria is becoming increasingly complex, with new SRO approaches, legislative reform, and expanding anti-avoidance focus. This session explores how duty applies in modern transactions and identifies key emerging risks.

This session will include:

• Dutiable Transactions and Market Value Rules.

• SRO Shift on “Consideration”.

• Off-the-Plan Concessions Extended – Concessions.

• Duty on Change in Beneficial Ownership

• Anti-Avoidance – Risks of related party transfers and duty minimisation strategies.

• Foreign Purchaser Additional Duty.

• Custodian Transfers Duty.

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