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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2020-07-23" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <endPage num="2297" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Land Tax</name>
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        <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="2020-06-03" qonNum="83">
            <name>Land Tax</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001353">
          <inserted>83 <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee)</by> (3 June 2020).  How many property owners are estimated to have increased land tax liabilities in 2020-21 as a result of the government's new aggregation measures?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001354">
          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;How many letters were sent to property owners requesting they update their details with RevenueSA?</inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="2280" />
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001355">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;What was the cost of these letters being sent out?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001356">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;How much was spent on other preparations for this mail-out campaign?</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>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-06-03" qonNum="83">
            <name>Land Tax</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001357">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001358">
          <inserted>As a result of the total land tax reforms introduced by the government, it is estimated that around 92 per cent of individuals (47,800) and 75 per cent (7,900) of company groups will pay less tax.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001359">
          <inserted>As at 24 June 2020, 366,019 letters were sent to land owners. The correspondence requests land owners provide updated information if required on their land holdings to ensure property details, including trusts, are appropriately recorded on RevenueSA's system. The cost of the letters being sent out is around $439,600.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20200723517f1eebfe1c4315a0001360">
          <inserted>The 2019-20 budget included additional funding for RevenueSA to implement the necessary changes and assist taxpayers transition to the new land tax arrangements. This included funding for printing and mail outs to taxpayers.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
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