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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-12-12" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Land Tax</name>
      <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000884">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Land Tax</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-12-12">
            <name>Land Tax</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000885">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4842">the Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee)</by> (10 September 2019).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2019-12-12">
            <name>Land Tax</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000886">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  The Treasurer has provided the following advice: </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000887">
          <inserted>Since the honourable member asked this question the government introduced a number of changes to the Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2019 and associated measures, this includes:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000888">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>reducing the top tax rate to 2.4 per cent with a threshold of $2 million;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000889">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>reducing the 1.65 per cent marginal tax rate to 1 per cent;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000890">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>introducing a new lower marginal tax rate for site values between around $1.1 million and the top tax threshold of 2 per cent;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000891">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>providing concessions for companies undertaking residential developments of 10 or more lots or affordable housing; and</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000892">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>introducing a three-year $25 million transition fund to help taxpayers impacted by the changes to aggregation transition to the new arrangements. </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20191212e5b0572ac95b4afeb0000893">
          <inserted>It is estimated that around 92 per cent of individuals and 75 per cent of company groups affected by the government's changes will be better off as a result of the land tax reforms announced by the government since it was elected.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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