by actionproperty | May 5, 2014 | Council Rates & Land Tax
The rampant pillaging by Qld Councils of non-voting ratepayers has been partially checked following a milestone Supreme Court ruling last week. Unlike other States, Qld Councils have few limitations to plunder at will in a blatant political vote-buying strategy of...
by actionproperty | Mar 14, 2013 | Council Rates & Land Tax, Valuation Matters
The next time you are passing a house on a large block in a built up location or a small farm in the suburbs, chances are that you’re subsidising their Council rates and State land tax … enjoy. Here’s why …. A 2012 token review of the Land Valuation Act...
by actionproperty | Oct 23, 2012 | Council Rates & Land Tax
The willingness of QLD Local Councils to indiscriminately pillage the very industries that are the lifeblood of their local economies though the discriminatory differential rating regime has achieved to new heights (or lows) in the latest round of 2012-13 Council...
by actionproperty | Sep 9, 2010 | Council Rates & Land Tax
The new Land Valuation Act (LVA) 2010 is a momentous departure from the previous system. The 66 year old dogma of unimproved land value is now replaced by site value as a basis of calculating Council General Rates and State land Tax for “non-rural” lands in...
by actionproperty | Apr 5, 2010 | Council Rates & Land Tax
Our warning last year about rising property taxes grossly underestimated the now apparent Stalinist determination of the current state government to ride rough shod over 70yrs of established case law and valuation principles. Just before midnight 11 February 2010,...
by actionproperty | Aug 11, 2009 | Council Rates & Land Tax
A toxic mix of black-hole State and Council budgets, new legislation, aggressive valuation policy, & Land Tax ‘sleeper’ provisions, is producing a property tax explosion … and it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Both State and Local governments have business and...
