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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1233

Housing Trust Properties - Subleasing

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In

relation to your reply to question on notice No 611, namely that ACT Housing Trust

tenants can in their absence sublet their residence under certain conditions -

(1) What arrangements are made to levy tax upon rented premises.

(2) How much land tax has been collected in these circumstances since land tax was introduced.

(3) If no land tax is levied upon Trust tenants subletting premises, why not.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows -

(1) None - see answer to (3)

(2) None - see answer to (3)

(3) Land tax is payable only by property owners on residential property,

which they do not occupy as their principal residence. Public tenants are

not liable for this tax whether or not they sublet. The same is true of

private tenants.

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