Govt. Bandits!!

Stamp duty, Oh yeah!!!!

Not worth declaring a lower price - had a good mate who wrote his truck off 2 months after he bought it. He put a significantly lower price on the stamp duty form and the insurance Co found out and he got paid out at the price he "paid". There's no comeback to that!
Cheers
Scoey

I would've fought that with the insurance company. If he had a policy for market value, I would demand it. I paid nearly $7000 less than market for my car and the insurance co told me they would pay market value if I wrote it off even if that value was more than what I paid for it. Your mate got stiffed big time. I hope he has changed companies.

WA - the state of excitement!!

Little Johnny hits you with GST which Peter Beatup gets all of plus some and Peter B still hits you with state taxes. A pox on both their houses my friend.

Regards

GST was never going to replace purchase stamp duties, & don't forget that wholesale taxes were dropped, which is why electrical goods have never been cheaper.

WA works out at about 6% - I understand a fee to process but 6%!!!

In NSW you pay a transfer fee and stamp duty (unless you have an exemption). Can't remember the transfer fee but from RTA site

"You pay stamp duty on the market value of the vehicle or the price you paid, whichever is greater.

Stamp duty is calculated at 3% of the market value up to $45,000 and 5% on the value over $45,000"

So yes, 6% is exorbitant.

Regards

ps Welcome to the madhouse by the way.

Here's a 'kicker' I just noticed on the same site

"You may also need to pay additional motor vehicle tax if you have bought your vehicle from someone receiving an RTA concession (such as a pensioner)"

Sounds like you'd be reimbursing them for the revenue they lost to the previous owner. Bloody incredible :))))

Regards

State governments were supposed to phase out Stamp Duty, and other small taxes after receiving their GST money as I understand. some like WA didnt.

It's a pity State Govts don't go the way of the dinosaurs. Absolute WOFTAM the lot of 'em. The money wasted in this country on separate health, education, etc systems and the bureaucracies to administer them is ridiculous.

Regards

Yeah, I can just imagine WA being governed from Canberra, Sydney or Melbourne.
Not long ago I was working out of Melbourne and I was asked where I lived.
The west Coast I said.
Oh I havent been to Portland for ages was the reply!
And no I am not making that up!

Why not? WA is subsidised to buggery by NSW/Vic, may as well be governed by them as well LOLOLOL

Regards

hahahahahahaha ROFL
I guess that is why whenever the secession debate arises here, the eastern states cant wait to get rid of WA -- NOT!!!
WA---Australias wallet!!

When we upgrade the caravan later in the year we are seriously thinking of goiing to QLD to buy it - the vans are cheaper and the transfer fee sounds reasonable

Di

hahaha Fisho. Damn meagre pickings around here. Spread some decent burley and only get one bite LOLOL

Regards

Touch'e Pops!

Quite a few people are travelling from WA to Qld just to get a new 4wd; the saved stamp duty more than pays for the air fare and the return fuel.
A person in the motor trade told me that the WA govt is looking into stopping this "appalling" activity. When I replied to my source that this would contravene free trade between states, I was told that there were a couple of legal loopholes the WA govt could possibly use to get around this. Unbelieveable!
One thing is for certain, if the govt changes at the next election, there will be no change in the stamp duty rate. Just too profitable.
Gerry

If the gov can shift Telstra... Would you buy it with it's current share performance and all the restrictions imposed on the business by the gov...???

Why do we need to sell it?

Again, are people stupid enough to believe that "THE PUBLIC WILL BE THE WINNERS WITH CHEAPER THIS CHEAPER THAT"..

No we wont. Once things are private, you can bet your arse cherry on things going UP.

Too right Truckster! People are gullible and will believe just about anything. I can remember my employer in 1987 saying that we needed to adopt computers to give all us hardworkers extra leisure time. What a joke! Mind you they believed it as well and gave us retirement at 55 to get us out of an under employed workforce. The last laugh is on them as I now enjoy my time on EO while at work.

Kind regards

I like land tax personally

Hi Brian,
I've just bought a new Cruiser. I had to pay transfer fee to transfer rego that never existed from the dealer to me!
In this scenario there is no registration to transfer but when your a government don't let facts stand in the way of a good fleecing!!

Geoff.

Oh, the answer to your question for NSW at least is one transfer fee.

Geoff.

Hi, Old Mate,
A Perth friend last year traded his Lexus sedan on a Lexus AWD in NFQ, and he was staying at a hotel up there. He didn't mention any problems, just glee that he'd cheated the WA Govt out of a few thou. But he does usually spend about 3 months up there each year. Perhaps he used a friend's address where he does stay occasionally. Haven't seen him for a while, must ask him how he did it.
Gerry

I will be interested to see how he did it. He would had to use a QLD address and some form of QLD I.D. I'm sure when I bought my car in SA and drove it back to Brisbane to put QLD plates on it, QLD Transport wanted to see a QLD licence as I.D.

Truckster,

My new Patrol (not the one shown - haven't updated pics yet) cost me $48,500 from a Nissan stealer. Later 2003 ST-L 3L Auto with only 35k km, unmarked in/out, ARB Sahara bar (colour coded), spots, full length roof rack, cruise control fitted, roof mounted 10" DVD screen + underseat unit, elec trailer brake controller. Wasn't after the elec leather seats but rear aircon great for the tin lids on hot days.

The stealer actually bought the vehicle in VIC (go figure) and trucked over to WA. So I'd say vehicles are cheaper in VIC. I spoke to the owner beforer buying it (guy from Ballarat). Nice fellow, two trips to gold coast and back, no offroad, well looked after. He got $44k as a trade so I don't know if they made much money on it.

Hugh

We paid $35500.00 - from Magic Nissan in Melville - it was a good price as a Nissan car bought over from VIC and only 35ks on clock.

Magic Nissan are great - they loan us (free) a new/near new Patrol for every show we are demonstrating boat loaders at and so have a good relationship with them.

I always believed that all stamp duty was replaced by GST - and by 2005 - I think WA reneged on this and there was much heated debate between the premiers at their conference, and that little Johnnie weas going to stop WA having the commonwealth monies. Obviously it wasn't enforced!

I feel sorry for people buying their 1st house - the govt. 1st home buyers probably doesn't cover the costs of the stamp duty - makes the govt. real "Indian givers" - its like here is this gift to help you afford to buy your house - and take it back in the other hand!

We had some huge budget excess - billions- so can't see why. To pay Neale Fong's salary I guess

Di