NSW stamp duty receipts continue to fall

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By Leith van Onselen

The NSW Office of State Revenue has updated its stamp duty data for April 2018, which reveals that stamp duty receipts continue to fall following a monumental five-year boom:

As shown above, annual NSW stamp duty receipts ($7.234 billion) in April retraced further from October’s all-time high of $7.556 billion; although receipts were still up an incredible 127% over five years!

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.