Purchaser’s Declaration
The 2016 NSW Budget introduced a 4 per cent surcharge purchaser duty on the purchase of residential real estate by foreign persons from 21 June 2016. The surcharge is in addition to the duty payable on the purchase of residential property.
Foreign persons will no longer be entitled to the 12 month deferral for the payment of stamp duty for off-the-plan purchases of residential property.
This surcharge will also apply to landholder transactions if there is a landholder liability and one or more of the properties owned by the landholder is classified residential and the purchaser is a foreign person who purchases shares or units in the landholder.
From 18 July 2016, the purchaser/transferee declaration must be completed by any person entering into a transaction on or after 21 June 2016, that results in the acquisition of an interest in land in NSW.
More information can be found here
The Purchaser’s Declaration can be found on the OSR website here