v2026.2.1

One question, one figure

Answers, each resting on a rule we read at the source.

Every answer names the records its figure comes from. If a figure is withheld, the answer is not published — an article cannot state a number the calculator refuses to state.

How much stamp duty on a first or next home?

Six answers, on the same $750,000 home. The scales barely differ; the relief does.

  1. New South Wales · first home $365.46
  2. New South Wales · next home $28,302.46
  3. Victoria · first home $42,059.20
  4. Victoria · next home $42,059.20
  5. Queensland · first home $16,537
  6. Queensland · next home $29,925
  7. Western Australia · first home $24,825.20
  8. Western Australia · next home $30,341.20
  9. South Australia · first home $42,802
  10. South Australia · next home $42,802
  11. Tasmania · first home $29,359.34
  12. Tasmania · next home $29,359.34
  13. Australian Capital Territory · first home $657
  14. Australian Capital Territory · next home $19,865
  15. Northern Territory · first home $37,487
  16. Northern Territory · next home $37,487

Do I pay the Medicare levy on a … passport?

Eleven countries have a reciprocal healthcare agreement, and the agreement that helps you at a hospital is the one that costs you the levy.

  1. United Kingdom
  2. Belgium
  3. Finland
  4. Italy
  5. Malta
  6. Netherlands
  7. Norway
  8. Slovenia
  9. Sweden
  10. Republic of Ireland
  11. New Zealand

Do I pay 15% working holiday tax on a … passport?

Nine passports, and the answer turns on a non-discrimination article most people have never heard of.

  1. Chile
  2. Finland
  3. Germany
  4. Israel
  5. Japan
  6. Norway
  7. Turkey
  8. United Kingdom
  9. Iceland

Stamp duty in one state or another — what is the difference?

Three pairs, each on the same three prices.

  1. New South Wales or Victoria $41,694
  2. Victoria or Queensland $25,522
  3. New South Wales or Queensland $19,665
  4. New South Wales or Western Australia $24,460
  5. New South Wales or South Australia $42,437
  6. New South Wales or Tasmania $28,994
  7. New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory $17,051
  8. New South Wales or the Northern Territory $37,122

Questions of their own

Written one at a time, because each turns on something the others do not.

  1. Do I pay the Medicare levy on a 482 visa?
  2. Does my passport change whether I pay the Medicare levy?
  3. Can I get a refund on a first-home concession I did not claim?
  4. How much of the KiwiSaver government contribution am I short of?
  5. When does the Lifetime Health Cover loading come off?
Visa tax & Medicare exemption Take-home pay and the exemption on a temporary visa Stamp duty Transfer duty in every state and territory Take-home pay From the package offered to what actually lands