Land tax inequitable

By Letters to the Editor
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:21pm, first published September 17 2014 - 3:00am

The ACT government's land tax is a form of double taxation on land that landlords are only able to lease for at most 99 years. The tax applies whenever a property on ACT land is let out to a tenant, even for as little as one day in a quarter! The tax is not fair because it does not relate to the size of the property on the land, to the vagaries of the rental market or to the already exorbitant ACT rates (A large block of land is likely to be a major disincentive to most prospective tenants because of the maintenance).

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