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Over the coming weeks RevenueSA will be undertaking annual housekeeping and upgrading its core IT systems that administer payroll tax, land tax and the emergency services levy. Whilst RevenueSA ordinarily has a significant outage to accommodate the updating of data in preparation for the new financial year, due to the implementation of considerable system changes for a number of initiatives, the outage this year will be longer than usual. To undertake these changes a system upgrade will be occurring from 5:00 pm Tuesday, 30 June 2020 to 8:00 am Monday 6 July 2020. During this period you will not be able to: request, pay or update certificates of land tax and emergency services levy: or lodge payroll tax return; through RevenueSA Online. Please see the RevenueSA website for more information. Whilst every effort has been made to minimise the impact to users of RevenueSA's online services, RevenueSA Online will be unavailable for some functions during the upgrade. RevenueSA apologises for any inconvenience. Note: This outage will not affect your ability to settle electronically. ... View more

From Monday 22 June 2020, assessing land transfers in Duties Online will be quicker and easier than ever before.   With data from the Digital Duties Form pre-populating in Duties Online, the SRO is reducing the current seven step process to a single step. Once the Digital Duties Form is linked to your lodgement, you will simply select ‘Calculate duty’ to obtain an estimate and duty verification. Duties Online will also be able to instantly assess the duty on another 10 types of complex lodgements, meaning you no longer have to submit the following lodgements for an assessment of duty 30 days before the scheduled settlement: Historical contracts More than two transferees – pensioner More than two transferees – change in manner of holding More than two transferees – foreign purchaser additional duty exemption Sub sales related (contract of sale between related parties) Related parties transactions with concessions Unrelated parties (no contract of sale) Multiple property types in the same transfer Principal place of residence  applied where there are multiple properties (Complex transactions only) On-sales For the remaining complex lodgements the SRO has removed five steps in Duties Online. Once the Digital Duties Form is linked, simply upload supporting documentation and submit your lodgement at least 30 days before the scheduled settlement.   For further details including free training please see the SRO website.  ... View more

The Duties branch of Revenue NSW has announced its plans for maintaining services during the current COVID-19 pandemic situation.    Revenue NSW - Duties & Business Continuity | COVID-19 Update   COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving situation and Revenue NSW has been actively preparing its business continuity plan. Our priority is to ensure the safety of employees, customers and stakeholders while maintaining effective business operations to support conveyancing.   Revenue NSW systems and staff play a critical role in the conveyancing process. Business continuity plans include our business support and IT Service Delivery teams working flexibly, minimising disruptions to you and your clients.   Minimising the impact to you and your clients   In the event of the COVID-19 situation evolving, we will be activating our business continuity plans. Matters lodged to Revenue NSW via mail (paper channel) will experience processing delays.   To minimise this disruption to you and your clients we recommend conveyancing and legal professionals register for, and utilise, the eDuties portal to lodge matters that can’t be processed via Electronic Duties Return (EDR).   eDuties is an online portal that allows real time, secure, digital lodgement of Duties matters with Revenue NSW. We currently have over 2000 registered users lodging complex assessments and refund applications via this service.   Click here for more information on eDuties and how to register. Click here for more information on EDR and how to register.   For further enquiries contact Revenue NSW. ... View more

Businesses, families, and individuals in bushfire affected communities will get immediate tax relief in the form of land transfer duty savings, motor vehicle duty relief and land tax relief, with local people at the heart of the recovery and rebuilding efforts.   The Government understands that recovery and rebuilding efforts need to be driven by local people. Each council will set up a Bushfire Recovery Directorate for twelve months to oversee bushfire recovery, focusing on rebuilding and planning, economic development, support for the farming and primary production sectors, and the ongoing well-being of community members.   Please see the following announcement from the Premier for further information. For tax relief details please see the State Revenue Office website. ... View more