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(2) Commercial conveyance duty rates up until June 2017 are on the ACT Revenue Office website https://www.revenue.act.gov.au/duties/conveyance-duty. Duty rates for subsequent years are in the relevant chapter of Budget Paper 3.

(3) The number of commercial conveyance transactions from 2017-18 to YTD 2019-20 is provided in Table 3 below. The Government does not publish forecasts for the number of commercial transactions in the forward estimates.

Table 3: The number of commercial conveyance transactions

2017-18

2018-19

YTD 2019-20

Commercial transactions

385

544

218

(4) The Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data for the ACT can be found on the ABS website (www.abs.gov.au). The relevant ABS catalogue reference is 3101.0, Table 4.

Projections of ACT’s population are available at: https://apps.treasury.act.gov.au/snapshot/demography/act.

Taxation—rates
(Question No 2879)

Mr Coe asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 29 November 2019:

(1) What is the total number of mixed-use sites in the ACT for each of the last five financial years to date.

(2) What is the total number of mixed-use sites in the ACT that are unit titled for each of the last five financial years to date.

(3) Further to parts (1) and (2), do they pay commercial or residential rates.

(4) What is the policy for how rates are calculated for mixed-use sites.

(5) Does the zoning have an impact on whether commercial or residential rates are charged.

(6) Are there any residential zones where commercial rates are charged; if so, can the Treasurer identify where and why.

(7) Are there any commercial zones where residential rates are charged; if so, can the Treasurer identify where and why.

(8) Are all blocks in CZ5 charged exclusively with residential or commercial rates, or a combination; if a combination, can the Treasurer explain the combination and how it is determined.

(9) What is the (a) commercial and (b) residential rates revenue collected from mixed used sites over each of the last five financial years to date.

Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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