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transfers with a transaction date on or after 1 July 2026 Checked 14 October 2026
Stamp Duty Calculator — ACT
What transfer duty costs in Australian Capital Territory: 1.2% rising to 6.4%, then a flat 4.54% over $1,455,000. Enter a purchase price and the calculator applies the ACT Revenue Office table, band by band, showing the working.
1 Enter the property value2 See the duty
Step 2 · your result
Transfer duty
$0
on a purchase in ACT
- Effective rate
- 0%
- Your band
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- Charged on
- $0
- Top rate in this state
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Rates from ACT Revenue Office, checked 14 October 2026. General information only — your assessed liability is worked out by the revenue office.
The rate table
ACT Revenue Office's table, exactly as published (transfers with a transaction date on or after 1 July 2026):
| Dutiable value | Duty |
|---|---|
| $0 – $200,000 | 1.2% for every $100 |
| $200,001 – $300,000 | $2,400.00 plus 2.2% for every $100 over $200,000 |
| $300,001 – $500,000 | $4,600.00 plus 3.4% for every $100 over $300,000 |
| $500,001 – $750,000 | $11,400.00 plus 4.32% for every $100 over $500,000 |
| $750,001 – $1,000,000 | $22,200.00 plus 5.9% for every $100 over $750,000 |
| $1,000,001 – $1,455,000 | $36,950.00 plus 6.4% for every $100 over $1,000,000 |
| Over $1,455,000 | A flat 4.54% of the whole dutiable value |
Eligible owner occupier rate (transaction date on or after 1 July 2026)
The ACT also publishes a cheaper table for what it calls an eligible owner occupier transaction — every buyer is an individual, and at least one of them moves in as their home within a year and stays for a year. It is the same bands at a lower rate, and it applies to the whole value (there is no ceiling). On a $600,000 home the standard table charges $15,720 and this one charges $12,728.
| Dutiable value | Duty |
|---|---|
| $0 – $260,000 | 0.28% for every $100 |
| $260,001 – $300,000 | $728.00 plus 2.2% for every $100 over $260,000 |
| $300,001 – $500,000 | $1,608.00 plus 3.4% for every $100 over $300,000 |
| $500,001 – $750,000 | $8,408.00 plus 4.32% for every $100 over $500,000 |
| $750,001 – $1,000,000 | $19,208.00 plus 5.9% for every $100 over $750,000 |
| $1,000,001 – $1,455,000 | $33,958.00 plus 6.4% for every $100 over $1,000,000 |
| Over $1,455,000 | A flat 4.54% of the whole dutiable value |
How the maths works
Duty = the base for your band + the rate × the value above that band's floor
Worked example: an $800,000 home (standard rate) at $800,000 falls in the band starting at $750,000. Duty is $22,200.00 + 5.9% of $50,000 = $25,150.00 — an effective rate of 3.14% of the price.
What to watch
- The ACT sets its transfer duty rate in a disallowable instrument that is remade every year, not in a published rate table — the current one is the Taxation Administration (Amounts Payable—Duty) Determination 2026 (DI2026-155), which started on 1 July 2026. That instrument is what the link above opens.
- The top rate is a flat 4.54% of the whole dutiable value above $1,455,000, so duty steps down slightly the moment you cross that line — at $1,455,000 the banded table gives $66,070 and the flat rate gives $66,057.
- A commercial property is charged differently: nil up to a $2,100,000 dutiable amount, then a flat $5.00 per $100 for the whole amount.
- Buying through a company or a trust means the owner occupier rate is not available, even if you live in the home.
- Duty is not deductible for an investment property — it is added to the cost base instead, which reduces the capital gain when you sell.
Frequently asked questions
How much is stamp duty in Australian Capital Territory?
On an $800,000 home (standard rate) it is $25,150.00. The rate is not one flat percentage — the table has 7 tiers. It is marginal up to the last threshold in the table; above that the rate is charged on the whole dutiable value rather than just the part above the line. Put your own figure into the calculator above for the exact number.
What is stamp duty called here?
In Australian Capital Territory the tax is called transfer duty. "Stamp duty" is the everyday name for the same thing.
Is it charged on the whole price or just above a threshold?
Just above. Duty is marginal: the first band is charged at its own rate, then the next, and so on. That is why the difference between a $790,000 and an $810,000 property is a few hundred dollars rather than tens of thousands.
Do first home buyers pay it?
The ACT abolished its first home owner grant in 2019 and helps buyers through duty instead: the eligible owner occupier rate in the table below, the Home Buyer Concession Scheme (income-tested, and it can waive duty altogether), and a pensioner duty deferral. Check the current rules — concessions change more often than the rate table does, and this calculator applies whichever of the two tables you pick above, not the schemes described in this answer.
What else is added to the bill?
Duty is only one line. Settlement also carries registration fees, your conveyancer's fee, and adjustment of rates and water at settlement. If the property is an investment, duty becomes part of your cost base for capital gains tax rather than a deduction.
Why does the figure here sometimes differ from the revenue office by a few dollars?
Because some jurisdictions charge the rate for every $100, or part of $100, which rounds the taxable amount up to the next full $100. This page applies that rounding where the official wording says so, and says which states do it in the notes above.
Related
- Stamp duty in every state — the same calculator for the other jurisdictions
- First home owner grant ACT — the grant, which is separate from duty
- Everything for ACT