Transfer Duty (Stamp Duty)

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Source: Revenue NSW

You must pay transfer duty – once known as stamp duty – in NSW when you buy:

• property, including your home or holiday home
• an investment property
• vacant land or a farming property
• commercial or industrial properties, or
• a business, which includes land.

You must also pay transfer duty when you acquire land, or an interest in land, without buying it. For example:

• a declaration of trust
• a gift, or
• a transaction effecting a change in the beneficial ownership of a property.

In some circumstances, you may be eligible for a concession or exemption from transfer duty, such as:

• when you are a beneficiary of a deceased estate, or
• the transfer is between a married couple or de facto couple.