Online Duties User Guide - Western Australia...User Guide 2020 Please note this guide relates to Online Duties, our self-assessments function of Revenue Online. For information about

(Last updated February 2020)

Revenue Online

Online Duties User Guide

2020

Please note this guide relates to Online Duties, our self-assessments function of Revenue Online. For information about the OSR Duties Lodgments system where you can lodge transactions for delayed assessing, please see the Online Duties page on the website.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3

2. Accessing Revenue Online .......................................................................................... 4

3. Navigation ...................................................................................................................... 5

4. User Roles & Permissions ........................................................................................... 7

5. Approved Transactions List ......................................................................................... 8

6. Manual Backup System (MBS) ................................................................................... 10

7. Electronic Valuation Request (EVR) .......................................................................... 20

8. Assessing a New Transaction ................................................................................... 21

9. Assessing Transactions Involving Related Parties ................................................. 26

10. Assessing Transactions Involving Substituted Transferees .................................. 30

11. Assessing a Superannuation Fund Transaction ...................................................... 34

12. Assessing a Vesting of A Discretionary Trust ......................................................... 39

13. Assessing a Business Asset Transaction ................................................................ 44

14. Assessing an Easement Transaction ........................................................................ 48

15. Assessing a Declaration of Trust .............................................................................. 51

16. Transfer to RevenueWA ............................................................................................. 55

17. Cancel Transactions ................................................................................................... 61

18. Update Operations ...................................................................................................... 71

19. Transaction Payment Timeframes ............................................................................. 74

20. Lodge Return and Pay ................................................................................................ 74

21. Glossary of Terms....................................................................................................... 75

22. Want to Know More? .................................................................................................. 77

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1. INTRODUCTION

Revenue Online (Online Duties)

Revenue Online (Online Duties) is an electronic lodgment and self-assessments system that provides an easy, flexible and more effective way for you to do business with RevenueWA.

Currently only licensed WA settlement agents or lawyers can register to use Online Duties.

Online Duties will assist you by providing

an alternative lodgment and assessment service

an up-to date and accurate information source

the convenience of electronic communication

an alternative login using myGovID

real-time processing

multiple browser support

streamlined look & feel

ability to schedule the future payment of monthly returns

interaction with ELNO (e-conveyancing)

notices and receipts in PDF format

ongoing expansion of the approved transaction list.

What are the benefits of using Online Duties?

Increased efficiency

payment of duty at settlement, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Special Tax Return Arrangement

in-house processing reduces turnaround time for assessments

links to Landgate for Electronic Advice of Sales (EAS2)

elimination of possible mismatches between returns and payment.

Administrative costs are reduced

no need to send staff to RevenueWA

no need to write individual cheques for each document

postage and courier costs are eliminated

phone calls to query progress of transactions are reduced

the risks of postage delays and manual processing errors can be avoided

no upfront or ongoing costs.

Client control

ability to maintain client contact details and address information

only nominated persons can authorise Customer Initiated Payment Requests (CIPA), which is a form of direct debit

a detailed history of every transaction is kept in one place for audit purposes

certificates issued include a history of related transactions

multi-tiered access allows the Authorised Person or Administrator/s to assign specific user roles and permissions to other staff.

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2. ACCESSING REVENUE ONLINE

To log in to your Revenue Online (Online Duties) account

go to the Revenue Online homepage at https://rol.osr.wa.gov.au/Rolng/faces/Home

enter your current Revenue Online (ROL) user name and password

click ‘Login’.

Online Duties clients can also log in using their MyGovID. Once you have linked your

myGovID with your ROL account, you can start a ROL session by clicking the ‘Login via

myGovID’ button.

To link your myGovID in ROL

From the Authenticated Landing Page (or ‘Home’), select ‘Maintain myGovID’

‘Link’ Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the association process.

See www.mygovid.gov.au and info.authorisationmanager.gov.au for more information about myGovID.

New password policy

When logging in for the first time you will be prompted to change your password. It is mandatory for you to change your password in compliance with the new password policy.

Password composition

must be between 8-20 characters in length

must contain a combination of upper and lower alpha characters.

must contain at least one numeric character or special character (!@#$%^&*)

may contain spaces.


The Responsible Party must ensure that all persons authorised by it to use Revenue Online and/or the Online Duties Facility read, understand, and comply with the terms of the Special Tax Return Arrangement (Online Duties) under section 49 of the Taxation Administration Act (2003) WA

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3. NAVIGATION

Authenticated landing page Upon your successful log in, you will see the new authenticated landing page (as shown below). You can access the various account administration functions from this page.


Allows users to maintain the

association between their myGovID and

ROL account.

Messages

Indicates the number of current revenue-specific messages.

Select this option to

navigate to the Online Duties System.

Allows Administrators to add new users,

modify user details, status, or access rights,

and revoke existing users.

Allows Administrators to add financial

institution account details to enable CIPA (direct debit) requests,

modify CIPA status, and revoke existing

CIPA etc.

Allows Administrators to maintain registration details such as names

and addresses.

Allows users to update their details and

password at any time during the session.

Allows users to enter their ELNO ID number (required once only).

OSR Duties Lodgments is a separate system for transactions that are not

eligible for self-assessment.

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Client profile page Users can access core duties functions from the Online Duties - Client Profile Page.


Home Will return you to the

Revenue Online authenticated landing

page.

The range of Online Duties functions are

more visible and easily accessible from this

menu.

The Transaction Log displays all customer-initiated transactions.

The Account Enquiry function is used to

search for any financial transactions processed through Online Duties

and to make miscellaneous

payments.

My Messages

There is a broadcast message box -

specific messages from general Duties

notifications.

Links to FAQs and Help content are accessed from here.

Pending Lodgment &

Payment feature Allows you to check at a

glance if you have scheduled payment of the current return. See

page 14 for more information about this

feature.

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4. USER ROLES & PERMISSIONS User roles

There are several roles defined in Online Duties, each having a different purpose and with different responsibilities. They are

Responsible Party

Authorised Person

Administrator

General User.

An Online Duties account can have a maximum of three Administrators (including the Authorised Person) and an unlimited number of General Users. A General User’s access to the Online Duties system can be tailored to the operations the Administrator wishes them to perform.

The three General User roles are

Enquiry - enables the user to view the Online Duties system without updating any records

Assessments - enables the user to assess and endorse transactions

Payments - enables the user to lodge and pay the monthly return and make other payments.

Online Duties Operations

Enquiry Assessments Payments Administrator

New Transaction

Modify Transaction

Transaction update operations

Return Summary

Search Transactions

Lodge Return & Pay

View Notices

Manual Backup

Transaction Log

Account Enquiry

Transfer Duty Calculator


See the ‘Glossary of Terms’ at the back of this publication for a definition

of each role.

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5. APPROVED TRANSACTIONS LIST

The list of transactions that can be endorsed through Online Duties includes:

Transfer to a superannuation fund (nominal duty) effective 11 July 2016

This option is available for both the ‘Transfer of Dutiable Property’ and ‘Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property’.

Transactions involving the transfer of dutiable property from a member of a superannuation fund to a trustee or a custodian of a trustee of a superannuation fund can be entered in Online Duties providing certain criteria is met including

there is consideration and the superannuation fund falls within the meaning as set out in the Duties Act section 121. For more information on the criteria please see the Online Duties Transaction Guidelines.

Vesting of a discretionary trust (nominal duty) effective 11 July 2016

This option is available for both the ‘Transfer of Dutiable Property’ and ‘Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property’ and applies to the partial vesting of a discretionary trust only.

Nominal duty will be charged where the requirements of section 115 of the Duties Act are met along with other criteria including

there is no consideration and you have a copy of the duty endorsed agreement AND/OR declaration of trust which

evidences the property being acquired by the trustee, as trustee of the discretionary trust.

Transactions where foreign transfer duty would apply cannot be assessed in Online Duties.

For more information on the criteria please see the Online Duties Transaction Guidelines.

Business Assets effective 11 July 2016

This option is available for both the ‘Transfer of Dutiable Property’ and ‘Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property’.

You will have two options for the rate of duty (concessional (section 147) and general).

This transaction applies to businesses that operate in Western Australia only. If the transaction meets the criteria for self-assessment you will be able to process through Online Duties. Otherwise you will be given the option to transfer the transaction to RevenueWA.


Granting or surrender of an easement effective 11 July 2016

This option is available for the granting (Acquisition of New Dutiable Property on Its Creation, Grant or Issue (section 17)) and surrender (Surrender of Special Dutiable Property (section 18)) of easements.

The only option for the rate of duty will be ‘general’ however the option to select a Section 92 exemption is available if relevant.

Declaration of trust (s 42(10)) effective 11 July 2016

The declaration can be made both before and after the Certificate of Duty has been printed.

However a declaration of trust (section 42(10) of the Duties Act) can only be requested on existing transactions, if certain criteria is met.



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Related parties transaction (partly)

Transactions for Related Parties can be entered in Online Duties provided that:

they are not mining tenements

the transaction is already an approved transaction type for Online Duties.

Clerks of Court are not authorised to process these transactions in Revenue Online.

If you have a valuation from a Licensed Valuer, RevenueWA will accept a copy of that valuation which you can upload to the transaction via Revenue Online. The Commissioner will accept the valuation and assess the transaction based on that valuation provided that

the valuer is licensed under the Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978 and has carried out a physical inspection of the property

the total value of the property is less than $2 million

the valuation report is made within three (3) months of the date of the transaction and

the Commissioner receives written advice from the taxpayer confirming that no improvements have been made to the land since the valuation was conducted.

Where the valuation report does not meet the above criteria or where there is no valuation, you will be required to complete an Electronic Valuation Request (EVR) via Online Duties. Refer to the EVR section for more information.

Transactions involving related parties remain prohibited from assessing by local court officers (clerks of courts).

Transfer to substituted transferees (partly)

Section 42 of the Duties Act 2008 (‘Duties Act’) provides relief in certain circumstances from duty that may otherwise be chargeable on the transfer of property. This may occur either where property is transferred to a person who is related to the purchaser under an agreement for the transfer of dutiable property, or where a purchaser under an agreement takes a transfer of the property as the trustee for a related beneficiary.

Transactions where the relationship between the Purchaser and the Transferee is a qualifying relationship as outlined in the Duties fact sheet ‘Substituted Transferees (Transfer to a substituted purchaser)’ can be assessed in Online Duties without additional duty. A Substituted Transferee Application Form must be accompanied and kept on file in accordance with the record keeping requirements.

Please note only trust transactions involving a unit trust can be assessed in Online Duties. All other trust transactions involving transfer to substituted transferees must be lodged with the Commissioner.

Transactions where the relationship between the Purchaser and the Transferee is NOT a qualifying relationship as outlined in the Duties fact sheet ‘Substituted Transferees (Transfer to a substituted purchaser)’ can be assessed in Online Duties as subsale with additional duty.

Substitutions involving first home owner rate (FHOR) of duty cannot be assessed in Online Duties.

Any transaction where the substitution involves a foreign person (either the original purchaser or the substituted transferee) cannot be assessed in Online Duties.


For more information on approved transactions that can be endorsed through Online Duties, see the Online Duties Transaction Guidelines.

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6. MANUAL BACKUP SYSTEM (MBS)

The Manual Backup System (MBS) can be used to complete urgent transactions* when the Online Duties System is not available, provided that the Responsible Party has received written authorisation to do so from the Commissioner.

It is strongly recommended that you generate Manual Backup Certificates when you first log into Online Duties, after you have set up your Customer Initiated Payment Account (CIPA). You should then store the certificates in a secure place.

What is the Manual Backup System (MBS)?

Under certain circumstances, approval will be given to Responsible Parties to manually endorse dutiable transactions using the Manual Backup Certificates. Before using Manual Backup Certificates, a Responsible Party must first establish if the fault resides within their own operating system, or as a result of a failure of their own service provider facility. In particular the Responsible Party must verify

the Responsible Party has printed off a supply of the Manual Backup Certificates and they are available for use and

the Commissioner has broadcast a suitable system failure message on the Revenue Online (ROL) site where it is possible,

or

the Commissioner has given written authorisation to the Responsible Party to use the Manual Backup Certificates where appropriate and

if the Commissioner has not broadcasted a message authorising the use of the Manual Backup Certificates or you have not received written authorisation to use the Manual Backup Certificates and you do not think the fault resides with your system, please contact RevenueWA so that the matter can be investigated.

The MBS comprises functions to

generate initial Manual Backup Certificates

regenerate Manual Backup Certificates

restore Manual Backup Certificate stock levels

validate Manual Backup Certificates used.

Please note that access to MBS is restricted to the following users

Authorised Person

Administrator

General Users with the access - ‘Online Duties Assessments’.

Online Duties contact details

web enquiry www.osr.wa.gov.au/onlineduties

phone 08 9262 1113

phone 1300 368 364 (country callers only).

What documents can I endorse using the MBS?

A Responsible Party may use the MBS to manually endorse approved dutiable transactions as per the Online Duties Transaction Guidelines available at https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/online-duties-guidelines


Please note that MBS may NOT be used to endorse related parties and substituted transferees transactions.

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How do I generate initial Manual Backup Certificates?

Once the Responsible Party adds a financial institution account and has access to Online Duties, they should then access the ‘Manual Backup – Generate/Regenerate’ function.

The Online Duties system will allocate 20 Manual Backup Certificates which should be printed and retained in a secure place.

Click ‘Generate’ to create the Manual Backup Certificates.


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Online Duties will generate 20 Manual Backup Certificates, each with an unique Manual Certificate Number which is linked to the Responsible Party’s account.

The Manual Backup Certificates will generate as a PDF for print or download.

A sample of the Manual Backup Certificate is below. Please note the certificate number.


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How do I regenerate Manual Backup Certificates?

The regenerate function can be used to regenerate Manual Backup Certificates to be kept on hand when the original ones are lost or destroyed.

Click ‘Manual Backup-Generate/Regenerate’.

Select the Manual Backup Certificates that have been lost or destroyed by ticking the relevant boxes and then click on ‘Re-Generate’.


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The Manual Backup Certificates will be generated in PDF format for print or download.

How do I validate Manual Backup Certificates used?

Once Online Duties is working as normal, you must validate any Manual Backup Certificates used within seven working days.

To validate, please click ‘Manual Backup – Validate’.


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Complete the details as per your Manual Backup Certificate and then click ‘Validate’. Enter the following details

1. Certificate Issue Date (the date the Manual Backup Certificate was used)

2. If the Manual Backup Certificate was used for a transaction not yet lodged in Online Duties, please tick the ‘No Bundle ID Box’

3. If the transaction has been lodged in Online Duties, please enter the ‘Bundle ID’

4. Enter the duty, foreign transfer duty (if applicable) and penalty tax amounts as per the Manual Backup Certificate.

Please click ‘Modify Transaction’ to continue to validate the transaction.


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The ‘Transaction Details’ screen will be available to modify any information that could be incorrect from the Manual Backup Certificate.

Once the amendments have been made and when you have checked that all the information is correct, click ‘Next’ to continue.


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At the ‘Confirm Transaction’ screen, please enter the Manual Backup Certificate Number used, in the ‘Primary Certificate field’. Click ‘Confirm’ to proceed.

Once the Manual Backup Certificate number is confirmed, Online Duties will generate a Certificate of Duty with the Manual Backup Certificate number.

The transaction will then been included in the current return period.


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How do I restore Manual Backup Certificate stock levels? The restore function should be used when Manual Backup Certificates have been used. This will restore levels to the available limit of 20 to be kept on hand in case of a system outage. Click ‘Manual Backup-Generate/Regenerate’.

Next, click on ‘Restore’. This will restore manual certificates back to the maximum limit of 20.


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You can then download and print the certificates and store them in a secure place.

Once restored, the stock level will return to 20.


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7. ELECTRONIC VALUATION REQUEST (EVR)

Online Duties allows parties to submit an acceptable licensed valuation, or assist them to complete an Electronic Valuation Request (EVR) that is transferred to the Landgate Valuation Services Branch to be valued. The request will be forwarded to the Landgate Valuation Services Branch for processing (at no cost). Upon approval and return of the EVR from the Landgate Valuation Services Branch, users will be notified via the ROL messaging system to inform them that self assessment can proceed. A Duties Valuation Form in the form of a PDF will be made available. You can choose to submit an EVR for valuation of

City, Town and Suburban Property or

Country Property.

EVR is only available for

transactions involving related parties or

subsale transactions where a period of more than three months has elapsed between the date of execution of the agreement to transfer and the transfer of land.

The acceptable determination of the dutiable value of the property for the above mentioned transactions must come from one of the following two sources

1. a valuation from a Licensed Valuer made within three (3) months of the date of the execution of the transaction, where the total value of the property does not exceed $2,000,000, the valuer is licensed under the Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978 and has carried out a physical inspection of the property, and the Commissioner receives written advice confirming that no improvements have been made since the valuation was conducted.

2. otherwise, submit an EVR. Note: Ensure that you provide all the information in relation to the property, for example,

the area of land, type of the building (details of walls and roof) plus residential/commercial property details.


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8. ASSESSING A NEW TRANSACTION

Transaction type selection screen

* Denotes mandatory field

Element Description

*Date of Execution Enter the ‘Date of Execution’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon.

*Dutiable Transaction

Select the ‘Dutiable Transaction’ from

Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property

Transfer of Dutiable Property

Acquisition of New Dutiable Property on its Creation, Grant or Issue (s 17) effective 11 July 2016

Surrender of Special Dutiable Property (s 18) effective 11 July 2016

*Transaction Type1

If ‘Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property’ is chosen as the Dutiable Transaction, the options available are

Business Assets effective 11 July 2016

Contract For Sale

Disclosed Agency Agreement

Offer and Acceptance

Superannuation Fund (s 122) effective 11 July 2016

Vesting of Discretionary Trust (s 115) effective 11 July 2016

If ‘Transfer of Dutiable Property’ is chosen as the Dutiable Transaction, the options available are

Business Assets

Superannuation Fund (s 122) effective 11 July 2016

Transfer of Land

Vesting of Discretionary Trust (s 115) effective 11 July 2016

*Duty Rate

Depending on the dutiable transaction and transaction type selected you will have the option to choose from

Residential Rate

General Rate

FHOR Vacant Land

FHOR Package Deals/Home and Land Package

FHOR Established Homes

Concessional Rate (s 147)

Nominal Duty effective 11 July 2016

Guided Assessment2

The ‘Guided Assessment’ will need to be completed if you have selected any of the transactions listed below

Superannuation Fund (s 122)

Vesting of Discretionary Trust (s 115)

Business Assets

Grant of Easement

Surrender of Easement.

1 Please note that the options available under ‘Dutiable Transaction’ and ‘Transaction Type’ have been locked so that only

approved combinations are possible. 2 The Guided Assessments are available from 11 July 2016. For more details relating to these transactions please refer to

the relevant section in this guide or the Online Duties Transaction Guidelines.


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Duty Rate

Displays the rate selected on previous page, but can be modified on this screen.

EAS Job Identity

Allows you to retrieve data that you have previously entered into the Electronic Advice of Sale system. Prior to using this facility, you must provide your EAS2 Agent ID to RevenueWA. Conveyancers and settlement agents can subscribe to the EAS2 service at www.landgate.com.au

Conditional Agreement

Select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

The three types of conditional agreement are

General conditional agreement;

Issue of Title conditional agreement; Subdivisional (en globo) conditional agreement.

Client Reference

For you to input your own reference for the transaction being assessed.

No Double Duty (NDD) Transactions

Enter the number of NDD transactions to be endorsed.

NOTE: you must only complete this field if you are in possession of a transaction that qualifies to be endorsed with NDD, i.e. a Transfer of Land that is in conformity with the Offer & Acceptance.

Duplicates Enter the number of duplicate copies of the dutiable transaction to be endorsed.

*FHOG UIN (First Home Owner Grant – Unique Identification Number)

If you have selected the First Home Owner Rate (FHOR) of duty, you must enter the FHOG UIN.

NOTE: The FHOG UIN can only be used once. The Online Duties facility will not allow you to assess/reassess a transaction where you have previously voided or cancelled the transaction and are attempting to reuse the same FHOG UIN. These transactions are required to be lodged with RevenueWA.

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*Land Usage Description

If you have selected the ‘Residential’ or ‘General’ rate of duty, a land usage code must be chosen from a drop down box. You have a choice from the following categories

Residential – Other Than First Home

Residential – 1st Home Purchase

Residential – For Renting Or Other

Residential – Vacant Land

Commercial – Vacant Land Comm/Ind

Commercial – Office Building

Commercial – Industrial

Commercial – Rural

NOTE: If you select one of the new land usage codes, a number of validation questions will be displayed to determine if the transaction is approved for assessment via Revenue Online.


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Will at least one Buyer use this property as their principal place of residence?


The principal place of residence indicator has been added to the form. This is defaulted to ‘No’ and should be set to ‘Yes’ if the property is to be used as the principal place of residence by the transferee/s.

Is this residential Land within the meaning of s147D?


If you have selected the ‘Residential’ rate of duty, you need to answer ‘YES’ to this question to receive the concessional rate of duty.

*New Subdivision without Cert. of Title


New Land Details

If you select ‘YES’, enter the description of the New Land Details (e.g. Lot 298 Futurama Road, Newtown WA 6999).

NOTE: Once the Certificate of Title is issued, you will then be required to enter the Land Details of the new land (e.g. Volume, Folio and Lot details) prior to printing the Certificate of Duty for settlement.

Land Title Information

If you select ‘NO’, proceed to enter the Volume Number, Folio Number, Certificate of Title portion, Lot Number, Survey Type and Survey Number.

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Click on the ‘Add’ button. A pop-up box will appear where you can enter party details.

For both seller and buyer details, you will need to select the ‘Type’ of party

Individual

Company

Government

Association

For an individual and company you will then need to indicate whether they are acting as a ‘Trustee’, ‘Custodian’, ‘Administrator’, ‘Executor’, ‘Natural Person’ or ‘None’.

It is now mandatory3 to provide the date of birth for an ‘Individual’ buyer, the ACN for a ‘Company’ buyer and the ABN for a ‘Government’ or ‘Association’ buyer.

For each buyer you will need to indicate whether they are a ‘Foreign Person’. If the answer is Yes for at least one buyer you will need to indicate whether the property is residential property within the meaning of s 205E. See the ‘Foreign Transfer Duty’ fact sheet for further information on foreign persons and residential property.

3 You can complete the lodgment of the bundle without adding the date of birth, ACN or ABN details, but you can’t print the

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Element Description

Tenancy Type and Share Fraction

Both the seller and buyer details boxes contain columns displaying ‘tenancy type’ and ‘share fraction’. It is now compulsory to complete these details. If there is only one seller or buyer, the system will show the tenancy type as ‘Sole Proprietor’ and share fraction as ‘1/1’. When the second party is added, both parties become ‘Tenants in Common’ along with any other parties added. You can modify shares, add joint tenants and reset tenancy if required.

Housing Authority Shared Equity

Check the box if the transaction is a shared equity transaction with the Housing Authority. Checking this box will automatically list Housing Authority as a buyer. Online Duties can now process First Home Owner shared equity transactions with the Housing Authority where 100% of the shares are acquired.

*Are the Buyer and Seller Related?


Parties are related or not otherwise dealing at arm’s length, which includes, but is not limited to, by blood, marriage (or previous marriage), business activities and land ownership. For more information on related parties’ transaction, please see Commissioner’s Practice TAA 30 ‘Valuation of Land for Duties Purposes’.

Where the Sellers and Buyers specified in the transaction are related, the dutiable property must be independently valued. RevenueWA can arrange for a valuation to be made by Landgate Valuation Services (at no cost). Alternatively, if you have a valuation from a Licensed Valuer, RevenueWAwill accept a copy of that valuation.

FHOG Applicant Names

If you have selected the FHOR of duty, an additional box will appear requiring you to enter FHOG applicant details.

It is mandatory to enter each applicant’s date of birth for verification of FHOG approval.

If the applicant at any time had a different surname (e.g. previously been married), the details of the former surname must be entered.


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Enter the ’Dutiable Value’ of the transaction

*Date of Execution

This will default to the date selected in the ‘Transaction Type Selection’ screen but can be changed at this point.

Exemption Type

If applicable, select from the following exemption types

Crown (section 92)

Transfer between spouses (section 97)

Percent For transactions under section 92, enter the exemption percentage.


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9. ASSESSING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING RELATED PARTIES

If you have identified that a transaction is between related parties on the ‘Transaction Details’ screen, a new screen (see below) will be displayed. You will need to enter the additional information required for a related parties request.

Duties request (Transaction involving Related Parties) screen


Element Description

*Consideration paid

Enter the amount of consideration paid.

Non-monetary consideration

This is a mandatory field and will only be displayed if the ‘Consideration Paid’ is a nil amount. If the consideration paid is nil, the user will need to indicate the reason by choosing between two options

Desire to Make a Gift

Natural Love and Affection.

*Total percentage (%) interest of property transferred

Enter the percentage (%) interest of property to be transferred to the buyer / transferee.

*Has a licensed valuation been provided?



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Option 1: Licensed valuation provided

If Yes has been selected at ‘Has a licensed valuation been provided?’, you will be required to provide details of the licensed valuation and upload a scanned copy of the licensed valuation. The Commissioner will accept the valuation and assess the transaction based on that valuation if

the valuer is licensed under the Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978 and has carried out a physical inspection of the property

the total value of the property is less than $2 million

the valuation report is made within three (3) months of the date of the transaction and

the Commissioner receives written advice from the taxpayer confirming that no improvements have been made to the land since the valuation was conducted.

If the valuation report does not meet the above criteria or where there is no valuation, you will be required to complete an EVR via Online Duties.


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Licensed valuation details


Element Description

*Upload a scanned copy of the licensed valuation

Upload the scanned copy of the licensed valuation certificate. Maximum file size is 5MB. Supported file types: DOC, DOCX, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, TXT, XLS, XLSX.

*Licensed valuation

Enter the ‘Licensed Valuation’ amount. Note: The licensed valuation will not be accepted if the licensed valuation amount is more than $2,000,000. You will need to provide details to facilitate the submission of an EVR to Landgate Valuation Services.

*Date of Licensed Valuation

Enter the ‘Date of Licensed Valuation’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon. Note: The licensed valuation will not be accepted if the date of licensed valuation is more than three months from the date of the execution of the transaction. You will need to provide details to facilitate the submission of an EVR to Landgate Valuation Services.

* Have any improvements been made to the property since the valuation was made

Select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Note: The licensed valuation will not be accepted if improvements have been made to the property since the valuation was made. You will need to provide details to facilitate the submission of an EVR to Landgate Valuation Services.

Upload any other supporting document(s)

Maximum file size for each attachment is 5MB. Supported file types: DOC, DOCX, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, TXT, XLS, XLSX.


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Option 2: Submit Electronic Valuation Request to Landgate Valuation Services

If you selected No at ‘Has a licensed valuation been provided?’ you will need to complete an EVR.

EVR Details


Element Description

*EVR Type4

Use the drop-down list to select between two options

City, Town and Suburban Property

Country Property. You will need to provide additional details of the property (as per the relevant RevenueWA Duties Valuation Forms). Details required depend on the option selected here.

Upload any other supporting documents

Maximum file size for each attachment is 5MB. Supported file types: DOC, DOCX, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, TXT, XLS, XLSX.

The EVR will be sent to Landgate for valuation. You will receive a message in Online Duties once that valuation has been completed by Landgate. From this point, the dutiable value will be ascertained and transaction will be assessed then you can proceed to print the certificate.

4 Ensure that you provide all the information about the property, for example area of land, type of building, construction

materials etc and check if the information is correct before you submit the EVR.


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10. ASSESSING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SUBSTITUTED TRANSFEREES

A Substituted Transferees transaction is permitted only for transactions with an ‘Assessed’ status and of the following transaction types

Contract for Sale or

Offer and Acceptance

Search for the related transactions using the ‘Search Transactions’ facility. On the ‘View Transaction’ screen, click on the ‘Modify’ button which will bring you to the ‘Transaction Details’ screen.

Click on the button which is available under the Buyer/ Transferee details section. The Substituted Purchasers page is divided into three sections.


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Duties Request (Transaction involving Substituted Transferees) screen


Section A: Original Purchaser(s) on the Agreement to Transfer

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% acquired This section displays the tenancy type and share fraction of all original purchasers.

Section B: Enter the details of the new transferee(s) to be substituted. DO NOT enter original purchasers’ names. If substitution is between original purchasers only, modify their share fraction.

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*New Substituted Transferees’ details5

Use the ‘Add New Transferee’ button to create a new substituted transferee. A pop-up box will appear where you can enter party details. *Please note that trustee declaration, date of birth for an individual buyer and ACN for a company buyer are now mandatory. You will also need to indicate whether the new transferee is a foreign person. If so, the transaction will not be eligible for self-assessment. Once you have completed all the information, click on ‘Proceed to Section C’ button.

Section C: Substitution Details Check the details provided, if you need to amend them, click the ‘Return to Section B’ button to do so.

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*Relationship to Original Purchaser

Use the drop-down list to select the relevant relationship. Note: if ‘Other – relationship is not listed’ is selected, the transaction will be assessed as a subsale transaction and further duty will be applied.

*Electronic Declaration

Accept the declaration to confirm the validity of the listed relationship(s) and that the ‘Transfer to Substituted Transferee application form’ has been completed and signed by the original purchaser(s) and the transferee(s) for all instances whereby the qualifying relationship criteria has been met. Important: The form must be retained for audit purposes.

5 If you make an error in a new party details, click on their name and then click ‘Modify New Transferee’ to amend their

details. Remove any original purchaser(s) who are no longer on the transfer of land by clicking on their name and selecting ‘Delete’.


For more information on Substituted Transferees, please refer to the Duties fact sheet Substituted Transferees (Transfer to a substituted purchaser) available on the website.

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Relationship to original purchaser (drop-down list)

The tables below list the options available under the ‘Relationship to Original Purchaser’ field on the ‘Duties Request’ (Transaction involving Substituted Transferees) screen.

Table 1: Available options when the original purchaser is an individual

Table 1: Original Purchaser Name Type: INDIVIDUAL

Substituted Transferee

Individual Company Trustee Administrator Executor Relationship to Original Purchaser

Spouse or de facto partner of the purchaser Parent or grandparent of the purchaser or their spouse or de facto partner

Child or grandchild of the purchaser or their spouse or de facto partner

A sibling of the purchaser or their spouse or de facto partner

Spouse or de facto partner of the purchaser's spouse or de facto partner's sibling

Spouse or de facto partner of the

purchaser's sibling, child,6 grandchild, parent or grandparent

Purchaser is the sole shareholder of the corporation Purchaser is a shareholder of the corporation and is related to each of the other shareholders (within the meaning of section 43 of the Duties Act)

Purchaser is the sole unit holder in the unit trust scheme Purchaser is a unit holder in that unit trust scheme and is related to each of the other unit holders (within the meaning of section 43 of the Duties Act)

Other – relationship is not listed


6 Reference to a child includes a step-child. For the purposes of the Duties Act, a step-child includes a child of

a person's spouse or de facto partner.

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Table 2: Available options when the original purchaser is a company.

Table 2: Original Purchaser Name Type: COMPANY



Substituted person is the sole shareholder of that corporation

Substituted person is a shareholder of the corporation and is related to each of the other shareholders (within the meaning of section 43 of the Duties Act)

Substituted person is the sole shareholder of the original purchaser


Table 3: Available options when the original purchaser is a trustee.

Table 3: Original Purchaser Name Type: TRUSTEE



Substituted person is the sole unit holder in that unit trust scheme

Substituted person is a unit holder in the unit trust scheme and is related to each of the other unit holders (within the meaning of section 43 of the Duties Act)

Substituted person is the sole unit holder of the trust



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11. ASSESSING A SUPERANNUATION FUND TRANSACTION

Transaction type selection

The table below sets out the steps to follow.

Element Description

*Date of Execution

Enter the ’Date of Execution’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon.


Select the relevant ‘Dutiable Transaction’



*Transaction Type

From the ‘Transaction Type’ dropdown select

Superannuation Fund (s 122)

*Duty Rate The only rate available to select is ‘Nominal’. Click ‘Next’ to continue to the Guided Assessment.

Self guided questions

The next part of the transaction is to answer the self guided questions. Your answers to these will allow a determination to be made as to whether your transaction can be self-assessed.

You will notice blue question mark ( ) and exclamation mark ( ) icons. You can hover over these for additional information as well as access the website and other documents and forms via the hyperlinks (blue underlined text). If the transaction is eligible for self-assessment, you will be asked to click on the ‘Next’ button to continue to the transaction details screen.

Not eligible under the selected transaction type and duty rate

If the transaction is not eligible for self-assessment under the selected transaction type and duty rate, you will be given the option to ‘Pay Full Duty’, ‘Transfer to OSR’ or ’Cancel’ the transaction.

Pay full duty

If you elect to pay full duty, click on the appropriate button and then select an alternate transaction type and rate of duty from the dropdown menus. Click ’Next’ to proceed to the transaction details screen where you will need to enter all the relevant data.


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Transfer to RevenueWA

If you choose to transfer the transaction to RevenueWA, you will be advised that you will need to enter the transaction details on the following screen. You will need to click on the ‘Next’ button to proceed to the transaction details screen, where you will need to enter all the relevant data.

You will be required to confirm the transfer to RevenueWA for delayed assessment and print the Electronic Lodgment Form.

The transaction will now be visible in your Duties Lodgments transaction list.

If you have elected to pay full duty or transfer the transaction to RevenueWA, follow the instructions detailed in Point 8 ‘Assessing a New Transaction’ in this guide when entering the transaction details.


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Duty Rate

Displays the rate selected on previous page and cannot be modified for this transaction.

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Enter the number of ‘NDD’ transactions to be endorsed. NOTE: you must only complete this field if you are in possession of a transaction that qualifies to be endorsed with NDD, i.e. a Transfer of Land that is in conformity with the Offer & Acceptance.




If you select yes, the three types of conditional agreement are

General conditional agreement

Issue of Title conditional agreement

Subdivisional (en globo) conditional agreement.

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*Land Use Description

You have a choice from the following categories









Residential & Other – Mixed Use




This is defaulted to ‘No’ and should be set to ‘Yes’ if the property is to be used as the principal place of residence by the transferee/s.



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This is defaulted to ‘No’. If you select ‘No’, proceed to enter the Volume Number, Folio Number, Certificate of Title portion, Lot Number, Survey Type and Survey Number. If you select ‘Yes’ you will need to enter the new land details. (e.g. Lot 298 Futurama Road, Newtown WA 6999)


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*Add Sellers/ Transferors Buyers/ Transferees

Click on the ‘Add’ button.

*For both seller and buyer details, indicate the ‘Type’ of party they are (Individual, Company or Government) and then in what capacity they are acting (Trustee, Custodian, Administrator, Executor, Natural Person or None) Type in the name details. Depending on the capacity you select, certain fields will become mandatory. These fields will be denoted with an asterisk (*). It is mandatory7 to provide the date of birth for an ‘Individual’ buyer, the ACN for a ‘Company’ buyer and the ABN for a ‘Government’ or ‘Association’ buyer. Note: You will need at least one trustee or Custodian as a buyer/transferee.


Both the seller and buyer details boxes contain columns displaying ‘Tenancy Type’ and ‘Share Fraction’. It is compulsory to complete these details. If there is only one seller or buyer, the system will show the tenancy type as ‘Sole Proprietor’ and share fraction as ‘1/1’. When the second party is added, both parties become ‘Tenants in Common’ along with any other parties added. You can ‘Modify Shares’, ’Add Joint Tenants’ and ‘Reset Tenancy’ if required.

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*Consideration You will be asked to enter the consideration for this transaction. This will be monetary or non-monetary, depending on how you answered the self-guided questions.

Total percentage interest of property transferred

You will need to enter the percentage of the property being transferred to the superannuation fund (1%-100%). There is a calculator available to convert fractions to percentages if required.

*Date of Execution

This will default to the date selected in the ‘Transaction Type selection’ screen but can be changed at this point.

Once all of the details have been entered click on ‘Next’ to proceed to the confirmation screen.

Confirmation screen

Check the details you have entered. If you wish to amend any of the details click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the screen to return to the transaction details screen. If all the details are correct, click on the ‘Confirm’ button.

Bundle Receipt Summary

You will receive a notification advising the transaction has successfully been created. A PDF copy of the Bundle Receipt with all the transaction details will open allowing you to save and/or print. Click ‘OK’ to proceed to ‘Search Transaction’ screen where the new transaction will be listed.


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12. ASSESSING A VESTING OF A DISCRETIONARY TRUST



Element Description

*Date of Execution

Enter the ‘Date of Execution’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon.


Select the relevant ’Dutiable Transaction’



*Transaction Type


Vesting of Discretionary Trust (s 115)

*Duty Rate The only rate available to select is ‘Nominal’. Click ‘Next’ to continue to the Guided Assessment.



You will notice blue question mark ( ) and exclamation mark ( ) icons. You can hover over these for additional information as well as access the website and other documents and forms via the hyperlinks (blue underlined text). If the transaction is eligible for self-assessment, you will be asked to click on the ‘Next’ button to continue to the transaction details screen. Note: This guided assessment applies to a partial vesting only.


If the transaction is not eligible for self-assessment under the selected transaction type and duty rate, you will be given the option to ‘Pay Full Duty’, ‘Transfer to OSR’ or ‘Cancel’ the transaction.

Pay full duty

If you elect to pay full duty, click on the appropriate button and then select an alternate transaction type and rate of duty from the dropdown menus. Click ‘Next’ to proceed to the transaction details screen where you will need to enter all the relevant data.


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Duty Rate


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Enter the number of NDD transactions to be endorsed. NOTE: you must only complete this field if you are in possession of a transaction that qualifies to be endorsed with NDD, i.e. a Transfer of Land that is in conformity with the Offer & Acceptance.



Select Yes or No.

If you select yes, the three types of conditional agreement are

General conditional agreement

Issue of title conditional agreement

Subdivisional (en globo) conditional agreement.

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You have a choice from the following categories









Residential & Other – Mixed Use




This defaults to ‘No’ and should be set to ‘Yes’ if the property is to be used as the principal place of residence by the transferee/s.



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Element Description

New Subdivision without Cert. of Title?

This defaults to ‘No’. If you select ‘No’, proceed to enter the Volume Number, Folio Number, Certificate of Title portion, Lot Number, Survey Type and Survey Number. If you select yes, you will need to enter the new land details. (e.g. Lot 298 Futurama Road, Newtown WA 6999).


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*Add Transferors


*Indicate the ‘Type’ of party they are (Individual, Company, Government or Association) and then in what capacity they are acting (Trustee, Custodian, Administrator, Executor, Natural Person or None) Type in the name details. Depending on the capacity you select, certain fields will become mandatory. These fields will be denoted with an asterisk (*). Note: You will need at least one trustee as a transferor.

Bundle ID and beneficiary relationship

You will need to enter the ‘Related Bundle ID’ of the duty endorsed agreement or declaration of trust which evidences the property being acquired by the trustee, as trustee of the discretionary trust.

You will also need to select the ‘Beneficiary Relationship’ from the dropdown list. Your options are

Ancestor of a beneficiary

Descendent of a beneficiary

General beneficiary

Primary beneficiary

Spouse/de-facto partner of a beneficiary

*Add Transferees

Click on the ‘Add’ button. *Indicate the ‘Type’ of party they are (Individual, Company, Government or Association) and then in what capacity they are acting (Trustee, Custodian, Administrator, Executor, Natural Person or None) Type in the name details. Depending on the capacity you select certain fields will become mandatory. These fields will be denoted with an asterisk (*). It is mandatory8 to provide the date of birth for an ‘Individual’ buyer, the ACN for a ‘Company’ buyer and ABN for a ‘Government’ or ‘Association’ buyer. Remember the transferee for a partial vesting of a discretionary trust needs to be an individual (natural person).




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Element Description


Both the ‘Transferors’ and ’Transferees’ boxes contain columns displaying ‘Tenancy Type’ and ‘Share Fraction’. It is now compulsory to complete these details. If there is only one seller or buyer, the system will show the tenancy type as ‘Sole Proprietor’ and share fraction as ‘1/1’. When the second party is added, both parties become ‘Tenants in Common’ along with any other parties added. You can modify shares, add joint tenants and reset tenancy if required.

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Total percentage interest of property transferred

You will need to enter the percentage of the property being transferred to the superannuation fund (1%-100%). There is a calculator available to convert fractions to percentages if required.

*Date of Execution



Confirmation screen



You will receive a notification advising the transaction has successfully been created. A PDF copy of the Bundle Receipt with all the transaction details will open allowing you to save and/or print. Click ‘OK’ to proceed to ‘Search Transaction’ screen, where the new transaction will be listed.


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13. ASSESSING A BUSINESS ASSET TRANSACTION



Element Description

*Date of Execution

Enter the ‘Date of Execution’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon.


Select the relevant ‘Dutiable Transaction’



*Transaction Type


Business Assets

*Duty Rate

You have two options for the rate of duty. General Rate and Concessional Rate (s 147). The concessional rate can be used where the contract price for the business is less than $200,000. Click ‘Next’ to continue to the Guided Assessment.


The next part of the transaction is to answer the self guided questions. Your answers to these questions will allow a determination to be made as to whether your transaction can be self-assessed.

You will notice blue question mark ( ) and exclamation mark ( ) icons. You can hover over these for additional information as well as access the website and other documents and forms via the hyperlinks (blue underlined text). If the transaction is eligible for self-assessment, you will be asked to click on the ‘Next’ button to continue to the transaction details screen. Note: This guided assessment applies to businesses that operate in Western Australia only.


If the transaction is not eligible for self-assessment, you will be given the option to ‘Transfer to OSR’ or ‘Cancel’ the transaction.


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If you choose to transfer the transaction to RevenueWA, you will be advised that you will need to enter the transaction details on the following screen. You will need to click on the ‘Next’ button to proceed to the transaction details screen where you will need to enter all the relevant data.





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Displays the rate selected on previous page. However, you can change your selection at this point.

Client Reference



Enter the number of NDD transactions to be endorsed. NOTE: you may only complete this field if you are in possession of a transaction that qualifies to be endorsed with No Double Duty, i.e. a Transfer of Land that is in conformity with the Offer & Acceptance.




This defaults to no. If you select yes, you have one option

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*Business name and total consideration paid

Enter the ‘Business Name/Type’ and then enter the ‘Total consideration paid (including GST if applicable)’. This is the total contract price for the business.

Type of asset

In the next section enter the dollar value against the different types of business assets listed.

As stock-in-trade, registered vehicles and trade debt are not subject to transfer duty, any amounts you put in these boxes will automatically be deducted from the total value. You’ll see this figure appear in the non-dutiable area.

Please note- intellectual property alone is not dutiable. If you enter intellectual property on its own or with another non-dutiable asset, the transaction will not be subject to duty and you should cancel the transaction. Intellectual property is only dutiable when transferred with other dutiable assets.

If you enter ‘Plant and Equipment’ on its own or with non-dutiable assets, you will be asked to confirm whether they include fixtures or not. If the Plant and Equipment does not contain fixtures the transaction will not be dutiable.


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Element Description

Important:

The total consideration paid figure must equal the total value of any dutiable and non-dutiable assets.

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*Indicate the ‘Type’ of party they are (Individual, Company, Government or Association) and then in what capacity they are acting (Trustee, Custodian, Administrator, Executor, Natural Person or None) Type in the name details. Depending on the capacity you select certain fields will become mandatory. These fields will be denoted with an asterisk (*).

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*Date of Execution


All other fields will be fixed. The dutiable value will be taken from the figure you input in the ‘Total Consideration Paid’ field within the ‘Business Assets’ section.

You can click ‘Calculate’ to see what the duty will be or click ‘Next’ to proceed to the confirmation page. Note: If you have selected the concessional rate of duty, the full duty will be displayed, followed by the concession and then the duty payable.

Confirmation screen

Check the details you have entered. If you wish to amend any of the details click on the ‘Back’ button at the bottom of the screen to return to the transaction details screen.

If all the details are correct, click on the ‘Confirm’ button.


You will receive a notification advising the transaction has successfully been created. A PDF copy of the Bundle Receipt with all the transaction details will open allowing you to save and/or print.

Click ‘OK’ to proceed to ‘Search Transaction’ screen, where the new transaction will be listed.


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14. ASSESSING AN EASEMENT TRANSACTION



Element Description

*Date of Execution Enter the ‘Date of Execution’ (DD/MM/YYYY) or select a date by clicking on the calendar icon.


Select the relevant dutiable transaction

Acquisition of New Dutiable Property on its Creation, Grant or Issue (s 17) – Grant of Easement

Surrender of Special Dutiable Property (s 18) – Surrender of Easement

*Transaction Type

From the transaction type dropdown select

Grant of Easement or

Surrender of Easement

*Duty Rate The only rate available to select is ‘General’. Click ‘Next’ to continue to the Guided Assessment.



You will notice blue question mark ( ) and exclamation mark

( ) icons. You can hover over these for additional information as well as access the website and other documents and forms via the hyperlinks (blue underlined text). If the transaction is eligible for self-assessment, you will be asked to click on the ‘Next’ button to continue to the transaction details screen.


If the transaction is not eligible for self-assessment under the selected transaction type and duty rate, you will be given the option to ‘Transfer to OSR’ or cancel the transaction.


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*Tenement Type

You have to enter both ‘Servient’ and ‘Dominant’ tenement types.

There can be no more than one servient tenement. Enter the Volume, Folio Lot Number and Survey Number details under both the servient and dominant tenements. You can add more than one Dominant tenement if required.

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Click on the ‘Add’ button. *For both ‘Grantors/Transferors’ and ’Grantees/Transferees’ details, indicate the ‘Type’ of party they are (Individual, Company, Government or Association) and then in what capacity they are acting (Trustee, Custodian, Administrator, Executor, Natural Person or None) Type in the name details. Depending on the capacity you select certain fields will become mandatory. These fields will be denoted with an asterisk (*). It is now mandatory9 to provide the date of birth for an individual buyer, The ACN for a company buyer and the ABN for a Government Agency.

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*Consideration You will be asked to enter the consideration for this transaction. This will be monetary or non-monetary, depending on how you answered the self-guided questions.

*Date of Execution


Exemption Type

Where the purchaser is an exempt body, select ‘Crown (Section 92)’ from the ‘Exemption Type’ dropdown. The exemption percentage will default to 100% but can be amended.


Confirmation screen



You will receive a notification advising the transaction has successfully been created. A PDF copy of the Bundle Receipt with all the transaction details will open allowing you to save and/or print. Click ‘OK’ to proceed to ‘Search Transaction’ screen, where the new transaction will be listed.




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15. ASSESSING A DECLARATION OF TRUST

A declaration of trust under section 42(10) of the Duties Act can be requested on existing transactions in certain circumstances. You can do so before or after the Certificate of Duty has been printed. The criteria that must be met in order to assess these transactions are

the dutiable transaction must be an Agreement to Transfer Dutiable Property and the transaction type must be an Offer and Acceptance or Contract for Sale

at least one buyer on the transaction must be a trustee

where there are multiple trusts on the transaction, the declaration of trust can be requested on any of the trusts (please note, multiple trustees on a trust are allowed)

the transaction status of the transaction you are adding the declaration of trust to must be Assessed, Current, Due, Overdue or Lodged

the transaction cannot have a substituted purchasers request before or after the Declaration of Trust and

there needs to be at least one trust that has yet to be declared.

From your Client Profile page click on ‘Search Transactions’.


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From this page you will be able to search for transactions using a number of search criteria

return period

bundle ID

certificate number

date of execution

lodged date

transaction status

assessed by

client reference

certificate of title details

party name

Once you have located the relevant transaction, you can either click on the transaction to highlight it, then click ‘View’ or you can double click on the transaction.

This will take you to the ‘View Transaction’ screen.

You’ll see the ‘Declaration of a Trust (‘section 42(10))’ button, where you can declare the trust or trusts. Click this button to proceed.


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Declaration of a Trust (s 42(10))


Element Description

*Trust/s declared Select the check box of the trust/s to be assessed under this declaration of trust.

*Guided question

You will be asked to answer a guided assessment question. If your answer is yes you will be allowed to proceed. If your answer is no, this means the trust cannot be assessed under section 42(10).

Note: if you have more than one trust you will be required to answer the guided question for each trust to be assessed.

*Type of trust that holds the property

If you have answered yes, you will need to select trust type

Discretionary Trust

Superannuation Fund

Unit Trust

Custodian of a Superannuation Fund or

Bare Trust

If you select ‘Custodian Of A Superannuation Fund’ or ‘Bare Trust’ you will be required to enter beneficiary details in the fields provided. Important: make sure you provide all the beneficiaries in the case of a Bare Trust. Note: For bare trusts it is acceptable to enter ‘Bare Trust’ under the trust name field.

*Date of establishment of the trust

You’ll then need to input the ‘Date of the establishment of the trust’. This date must be on or before the date of the contract to be eligible.

* Date of execution of the declaration of trust

Next input the ‘Date of the execution of the declaration of trust’. This date must be on or after the date of the contract to be eligible.

Click ‘Confirm’ and you will be taken back to the ‘View Transaction’ screen. You should now see an additional column ‘(s 42(10)) Declared’ against the ‘Transferees’ with a tick indicating the trust has been declared. There will also be a ‘(s 42(10)) NDDs’ indicator above the ‘Land Details’ with the number of trusts declared.


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When you print the certificate relating to this transaction, you’ll also get no double duty certificates for all trusts you have declared under section 42(10).

You’ll also be able to see that the No Double Duty (NDD) indicator then shows the number of trusts you have declared under section 42(10) and their certificate numbers.

If you have already printed the certificate before making the declaration of trust, you can make the declaration of trust in the same manner as explained above.

Once you have returned to the View Transaction screen at the completion of your assessment you will have the option to ‘Print (s 42(10)) NDD’ certificate.

If you have declared more than one trust, select which transaction or transactions you would like to print the NDD certificate for.

The NDD certificate will display the details of the trust or trusts that have been declared.


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16. TRANSFER TO REVENUEWA

Transferring transactions to RevenueWA will be completed electronically effective from 28 August 2017. This will result in the transaction being transferred from Online Duties to OSR Duties Lodgment portal. Original transaction records are no longer required to be submitted to RevenueWA.

To be able to use this function, the Authorised User must accept the declaration for the OSR Duties Lodgments portal, which is accessible via the Authenticated Landing page.

To utilise the ‘Transfer to OSR’ function, you must first view the specific transaction using the ‘Search Transaction’ function from the left-hand menu.


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Search using the filters in the top section of the ‘Search Transaction’ screen if required. Highlight the transaction to be transferred and click on the ‘View’ button or double click on the highlighted transaction.

On the ‘View Transaction’ page, select the ‘Transfer to OSR’ option.

If the OSR Duties Lodgments ‘Declaration’ has not been accepted, an error message will appear. The Authorised User will need to accept the declaration before you can proceed.


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On the following screen select the reason for transfer from the drop-down menu, add comments in the space provided and upload copies of

the original transaction

Form FDA41 ‘Transfer Duty Declaration’

the voided Certificates of Duty (if applicable)

the Transfer of Land (if applicable)

the Dutiable Transaction Lodgment form

any other relevant documentation related to the transaction.

Please note that if the reason for the transfer to RevenueWA is due to a change of agent, we strongly recommend that the original documents are passed to the new agent.


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Now click on the ‘Confirm’ button.

This will generate a Dutiable Transaction Lodgment Form

Documents

Online Duties User Guide - Western Australia...User Guide 2020 Please note this guide relates to Online Duties, our self-assessments function of Revenue Online. For information about