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On 21 June the New South Wales (NSW) Treasurer, the Hon. Matt Kean MP, announced a range of property-related as part of the 2022-2023 State Budget on 21 June 2022.
These include:
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Revenue NSW has announced the following:
“From 19 May 2022, section 8(1)(b)(ix) of the Duties Act 1997 introduced duty on certain transactions that result in a change in beneficial ownership.
A put option and/or call option granted over dutiable property in NSW (such as over land or an interest in land) is a ‘change in beneficial ownership’. This means that duty is payable on any grant fee paid for a put and/or call option entered into from this date."
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