Since November 2014, the Andrews Labor Government has now imposed 43 new or increased taxes and charges including:
- A new stamp duty on property transfers between spouses (2017-18)
- An increased stamp duty on new cars (2017-18)
- A new stamp duty on off-the-plan purchasers (2017-18)
- A new so-called ‘vacant home’ tax (2017-18)
- Widening of vacant residential land tax to uninhabitable properties (2019-20)
- Retrospective increase in insurance duty for overseas-based insurers (2019-20)
- A new annual property valuation to increase land tax
- Cladding rectification tax (2019/20)
- Environment Mitigation Levy
- Increased luxury car tax (2019-20)
- Increased land tax for homes with contiguous blocks on a separate title (2019-20)
- Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2015-16)
- Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2019-20)
- A new point of consumption gambling tax
- A tripling of brown coal royalties (2016-17)
- Gold mining royalties (2019-20)
- A new tax on Uber and taxi fares. (2016-17 Update)
- A new corporate restructure duty (2019-20)
- Increased foreign stamp duty (2019-20)
- Increased foreign stamp duty (2016-17)
- Introduced foreign stamp duty 2015-16)
- Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2019-20)
- Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2016-17)
- Increased absentee landowner surcharge for foreigner property (2015-16))
- A new city access tax for West Gate Tunnel
- A new ‘on-dock rail’ charge on imported shipping containers
- Increase to the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy (‘bin tax’)
- Road Occupation Charge on construction companies
- Number plate tax
- Electric Vehicle tax
- A new affordable housing tax (windfall gain tax on rezoned land)
- Increased land tax on taxable landholdings above $1.8 million
- Increased stamp duty on property transactions
- Expanded point of consumption tax on gambling to keno
- 10 per cent increase to Victorian Government penalty units
- Expanded land tax on gender-exclusive clubs
- Mental health payroll tax surcharge
- Increased wagering and betting tax (2021-2022)
- Increased Fire Services Property Levy (2021-22)
- 50 per cent increase to Births, Deaths and Marriages fees
- Proposed levy on employers to fund 5 days sick leave for casual employees – initially a government-funded trial to be followed up with a new tax after 2 years
- Narrowing the Land Tax exemption for charitable institutions by harshly insisting that charitable institutions “exclusively” use their land for charitable purposes, otherwise triggering a full Land Tax charge on the entire landholding.
- Increase to the WorkCover average premium rate
- Increased payroll tax on businesses (Jobs Tax)
- Increased land tax on landholdings above $300,000
- Land tax on landholdings between $50,000 to $300,000 (Rent Tax)
- Increased absentee landowner surcharge
- Increased wagering and betting tax (2023-24)
- Payroll tax on independent schools (Schools Tax)
- Holiday & tourism tax