ACT stamp duty calculator. Conveyance duty, before you sign.
On an $800,000 established home you’ll live in, ACT conveyance duty is $22,158, or $25,150 if you’re buying to invest. Under the Home Buyer Concession Scheme, eligible buyers pay no duty at all, and since 1 July 2026 there’s no income test or price cap.
What’s the stamp duty on my purchase?
I’m buying in the Australian Capital Territory for .
I a first home buyer, and I a foreign purchaser.
I live in it as my home.
It a newly built home.
First home, owner and foreign purchaser settings apply to residential property only.
- Transfer duty
- $25,150
- Owner-occupier rates
- Not applied
- First home buyer
- Not applied
- Foreign purchaser surcharge
- Not applied
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ACT conveyance duty, 2026–27 rates (ACT Revenue Office). First home buyers qualify through the Home Buyer Concession Scheme, which has its own eligibility rules. Excludes land registry fees and lender costs. Concessions have eligibility rules; we’ll confirm yours. General information only: an estimate, not advice, and the duty on your purchase is confirmed when we review your contract.
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Notes to the sheet. In plain English.
Buying a home to live in
Homes and residential land you’ll live in are charged at owner-occupier rates. On an $800,000 home that saves $2,992 compared with buying to invest.
Home Buyer Concession Scheme
You don’t have to be a first home buyer. The scheme is open to people aged 18 or over who haven’t owned property anywhere in the past 5 years and who will live in the home for at least 12 months. Since 1 July 2026 there’s no income test and no cap on the price, so eligible buyers pay no conveyance duty.
Commercial property
Commercial property carries no conveyance duty up to $2.1 million in the ACT.
Foreign purchasers
The ACT doesn’t add a foreign purchaser surcharge to conveyance duty.
When it’s paid
Conveyance duty is payable within 14 days of the transfer being registered. We arrange it as part of your settlement.
Where the figures come from
Rates and rules from the ACT Revenue Office (opens in a new tab), checked 6 November 2026.
The estimate leaves out land registry fees and your lender’s costs. Concessions have conditions, and we confirm yours when we review your contract.