QLD stamp duty calculator
Queensland calls it transfer duty. This works it out at the rates and concessions the Queensland Revenue Office publishes.
Stamp duty payable
$21,850
Home concession
- Transfer duty at the general rates
- $29,025
- Home concession
- −$7,175
- You must move in within 1 year of settlement.
An estimate. The rates are the ones in force on the date you sign the contract. Rates checked against Queensland Revenue Office on 13 October 2026. Your conveyancer or Queensland Revenue Office's own calculator gives the amount you pay.
What changes the answer
- Buying a home to live in
- The home concession rates apply if you move in within 1 year of settlement. Investors pay the general rates. Source
- First home, established
- $17,350 comes off the home concession duty for a home up to $709,999.99, then $1,735 less for each $10,000 band, and nothing from $800,000. Source
- First home, new or off the plan
- For contracts signed from 1 May 2025, no duty on a new home, with no value cap for the home and its land. Vacant land to build on is also duty free if you build and move in within 2 years of settlement. Source
- Foreign buyers
- Pay additional foreign acquirer duty of 8% on top of transfer duty. From 1 August 2026 the home concessions need the buyer to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or specified foreign retiree. Source
The rates
General rates
| Price | Duty |
|---|---|
| Up to $5,000 | Nil |
| $5,000 to $75,000 | $1.50 for every $100 over $5,000 |
| $75,000 to $540,000 | $1,050 plus $3.50 for every $100 over $75,000 |
| $540,000 to $1,000,000 | $17,325 plus $4.50 for every $100 over $540,000 |
| Over $1,000,000 | $38,025 plus $5.75 for every $100 over $1,000,000 |
Home concession rates
| Price | Duty |
|---|---|
| Up to $350,000 | $1.00 for every $100 |
| $350,000 to $540,000 | $3,500 plus $3.50 for every $100 over $350,000 |
| $540,000 to $1,000,000 | $10,150 plus $4.50 for every $100 over $540,000 |
| Over $1,000,000 | $30,850 plus $5.75 for every $100 over $1,000,000 |
For a home you move into within 1 year of settlement.
Checked against Queensland Revenue Office's own examples
Queensland Revenue Office publishes worked examples. Here is each one, the total it gives, and what this calculator gives for the same purchase.
| Example | QLD Revenue Office | This calculator |
|---|---|---|
| $850,000 investment | $31,275 | $31,275 |
| $950,000 home, home concession | $28,600 | $28,600 |
| $795,000 first home | $19,890 | $19,890 |
| $550,000 home, home concession | $10,600 | $10,600 |
| $730,000 first home | $6,555 | $6,555 |
| $850,000 first home, over the cap | $24,100 | $24,100 |
| $980,000 investment, foreign buyer: 8% AFAD | $115,525 | $115,525 |
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Sources
- Queensland Revenue Office, Transfer duty rates
- Queensland Revenue Office, Concession rates
- Queensland Revenue Office, Home concession
- Queensland Revenue Office, First home concession
- Queensland Revenue Office, First home (new home) concession
- Queensland Revenue Office, First home vacant land concession
- Queensland Revenue Office, Assessing additional foreign acquirer duty
Every rate here is read from these pages. A check re-reads them each week and tells us when one changes.