Nationality and Land Use for Foreign Investor Surcharges
Foreign investors who own property in Tasmania
Read the Foreign Investor Duty Surcharge fact sheet
and the Foreign Investor Land Tax Surcharge fact sheet for more information.
Important: To help you calculate a part percentage (where necessary) for:
- multiple-purpose properties (eg house and shop)
- multiple-title properties (eg where one property has two or more Volume/Folio numbers)
refer to the relevant section in the
Foreign investor land tax guideline before completing this form.
Can I save my partially completed application and finish it later?
The online application will typically take 10 or so minutes to complete.
The form cannot be saved, closed and returned to at a later time.
However, if you keep a partially completed form open on-screen, you can come back to finish it anytime later in the same session.
Information you will need to complete this form
Update or Change Nationality
Individuals
Australian citizen:
- Born in Australia: no documentary evidence is required.
- An Australian citizen not born in Australia: please submit a certified copy of your Citizenship certificate.
Permanent Visa Holder, New Zealander with a Special Category Visa, and foreign persons:
- Passport number
- Visa details, including number, subclass, and expiry date (if applicable)
- Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) system/ImmiCard reference number (where available)
- Country code of tax residence (the country code for which they are a resident for tax purposes. To check, go to the list of the codes on the ATO website)
- Overseas entity identifier (if applicable)
- Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) application number (if applicable)
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Documentary evidence:
- a certified copy of your visa,
- a certified copy of your VEVO/ImmiCard documentation,
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for arrivals under the Assisted Passage Schemes between 1945 and 1982 (or 'Ten Pound Poms'),
a certified copy of your arrival documentation, or a Department of Home Affairs VEVO check.
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Certified copy:
A 'certified copy' is a true copy of an original document that has been sighted by an acceptable person*
and noted as follows: 'I certify that I have sighted the original document and this is a true copy of it'.
This certification must have the certifier's Name, Title, Registration number (where applicable)
and be signed and dated.
*Examples of an acceptable person include a legal practitioner, justice of the peace (JP), commissioner for
declarations, magistrate, notary public, police officer, dentist, pharmacist, certified practising accountant,
member of parliament, medical practitioner, lending officer and public servants (with five years' service)
Companies
If your company has been incorporated in Australia since its registration, no documentary evidence is required.
If a foreign person holds a significant foreign interest in the company, you will need to provide your:
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) overseas entity registration number
- Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) application number.
Where a change of ownership has occurred and a foreign person(s) no longer holds a majority interest in your company, you will need to attach:
- an Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) company search showing the nationality of each current shareholder.
Trusts
A signed and dated copy of the Trust Deed and all amendments.
Change of land use
Documentary evidence to show the land has been:
- converted to a residence; or
- rezoned for commercial or industrial purposes.
Do NOT use this form to change your land tax contact details,
or to apply for the Principal Residence Land
or Primary Production Land
classifications. Instead, select the link for the form you require.
Contacting the State Revenue Office
Telephone: (03) 6166 4400, Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Email: taxhelp@treasury.tas.gov.au
