Do you pay Council Tax or land Tax in Oz?
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Do you pay Council Tax or land Tax in Oz?
In sydney do you pay council tax or land tax if you own or rent??
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You pay rates (council tax) if you own....nothing if you rent....the landlord pays.
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excellent thanks
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mistake post! edit!
Last edited by AndyR1976; Mar 11th 2008 at 5:18 am. Reason: double post cause I'm a spastic!
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Re: Do you pay Council Tax or land Tax in Oz?
And, depending on the area, they will be a lot less.
My 1 bed apartment in Canterbury town centre cost me about 1200 POUNDS a year.
My place in Terrigal, 200 metres from the beach, 3 bed, double garage and ten times the size of my flat in the UK costs me about half that!
My 1 bed apartment in Canterbury town centre cost me about 1200 POUNDS a year.
My place in Terrigal, 200 metres from the beach, 3 bed, double garage and ten times the size of my flat in the UK costs me about half that!
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that is alot cheaper!!!
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And you (can have to) pay land tax as well if you are a landlord....
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The council rates do not include water rates. The water rates are separate it is just that the landlord will usually pay council, water and strata/maintenance fees. All of this is of course factored into rentals by landlords.
Tenants are required to pay eletricity, gas, telephone and other utilities. If you own you will have to pay all of it.
Tenants are required to pay eletricity, gas, telephone and other utilities. If you own you will have to pay all of it.
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Thanks that makes renting in Sdyney cheaper then where i am now in england.
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Probably not that much different in terms of percentage of your income I would suspect. All depends on where you go of course, some parts of Sydney will be far more expensive and other parts (will you really want to live there???) may be dirt cheap.
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does anyone know the area Artarmon?? this is near where i would work so to save money i was thinking to live within walking distance!! Been to Sdyney but did not see this area.
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The council rates do not include water rates. The water rates are separate it is just that the landlord will usually pay council, water and strata/maintenance fees. All of this is of course factored into rentals by landlords.
Tenants are required to pay eletricity, gas, telephone and other utilities. If you own you will have to pay all of it.
Tenants are required to pay eletricity, gas, telephone and other utilities. If you own you will have to pay all of it.
In other areas there are seperate water authorities (Hunter Water which deals with the enture Lower Hunter Valley for example) and they'll send seperate bills to the Council (well atleast they used to).
Some tenants have to pay water rates - but tenants never have to pay Council rates (unless the landlord is shonky)
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Re: Do you pay Council Tax or land Tax in Oz?
We pay $2100 per year for a 600m² home, with pool, on 3 acres. This includes water rates. The only other bills we get are Electricity and Telephone. We're 20km North of Brisbane CBD.
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