Since November 2014, the Andrews / Allan Labor Government has now imposed 63 new or
increased taxes and charges including:
1. Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2015)
2. Introduced foreign stamp duty (2015-16 Budget)
3. Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2015-16 Budget)
4. A tripling of brown coal royalties (2016)
5. Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2016-17 Budget)
6. Increased foreign stamp duty (2016-17 Budget)
7. A new tax on Uber and taxi fares (2016-17 Update)
8. A new stamp duty on property transfers between spouses (2017-18 Budget)
9. An increased stamp duty on new cars (2017-18 Budget)
10. A new so-called ‘vacant home’ tax (2017-18 Budget)
11. A new stamp duty on off-the-plan purchasers (2017-18 Budget)
12. A new annual property valuation to increase land tax (2017-18 Budget)
13. A new city access tax for West Gate Tunnel (2017)
14. A new point of consumption gambling tax (2018)
15. Cladding rectification tax (2019)
16. Increased land tax for homes with contiguous blocks on a separate title (2019-20 Budget)
17. Retrospective increase in insurance duty for overseas-based insurers (2019)
18. Widening of vacant residential land tax to uninhabitable properties (2019)
19. Increased luxury car tax (2019-20 Budget)
20. Gold mining royalties (2019-20 Budget)
21. Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2019)
22. A new corporate restructure duty (2019-20 Budget)
23. Increased foreign stamp duty (2019-20 Budget)
24. Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2019-20 Budget)
25. Increase to the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy (‘bin tax’) (2020)
26. Environment Mitigation Levy (2020)
27. Road Occupation Charge on construction companies (2020)
28. Number plate tax (2020)
29. A new ‘on-dock rail’ charge on imported shipping containers (2020)
30. Increased stamp duty on property transactions (2021-22 Budget)
31. A new affordable housing tax (windfall gain tax on rezoned land) (2021-22 Budget)
32. Electric Vehicle tax (2021)
33. Increased land tax on taxable landholdings above $1.8 million (2021-22 Budget)
34. Expanded point of consumption tax on gambling to keno (2021-22 Budget)
35. 10 per cent increase to Victorian Government penalty units (2021)
36. Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2021)
37. Expanded land tax on gender-exclusive clubs (2021-22 Budget)
38. Mental health payroll tax surcharge (2021-22 Budget)
39. Increased wagering and betting tax (2021)
40. 50 per cent increase to Births, Deaths and Marriages fees (2022)
41. Narrowed the Land Tax exemption for charitable institutions (2022)
42. A new ‘Schools Tax’ on non-government schools (2023-24 Budget)
43. 42 per cent increase to the WorkCover average premium rate (2023)
44. Expanded land tax on unimproved residential land (2023)
45. Increase to Births, Deaths and Marriages fees (2023)
46. Increased payroll tax on businesses (2023-24 Budget)
47. 43 per cent increase to domestic building insurance charges (2023)
48. Increased land tax on landholdings above $300,000 (2023-24 Budget)
49. Land tax on landholdings between $50,000 to $300,000 (2023-24 Budget)
50. Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2023-24 Budget)
51. Expanded land tax on vacant residential land (Holiday House Tax) (2023)
52. Increased wagering and betting tax (2023-24 Budget)
53. Holiday and Tourism Tax (2024)
54. 53 per cent increase to domestic building insurance charges (2024)
55. A new health tax on GPs and allied health professionals (Health Tax) (2024)
56. Second increase to the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy (‘bin tax’) (2024-2025 Budget)
57. Increase to the Fire Services Property Levy (2024)
58. Death Tax by stealth – up to 650% increase to process wills (2024)
59. Increase to Energy Safe Victoria industry levy forces up household power
bills (2024)
60. Creation of the expanded Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund tax (2025)
61. Increased tax on gaming sector monitoring licence fee (2025)
62. Increased cruise ship berthing fees (cruise ship industry tax) (2024)
63. Increase in earth resources fees (mineral industry tax) (2025)