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State Tax Revenue by Line — Methodology and Sources

Last reviewed: 2025-05-20

What this measures

Victorian state taxation revenue split by line item: payroll tax, stamp duty, land tax, motor vehicles, gambling, insurance duty, fire services levy, mental health levy (introduced 2021-22), COVID debt levy (introduced 2023-24), and short-stay levy (introduced 2025-26).

How the chart works

Each tax line is stacked. Lines introduced mid-decade appear as a new colour band starting in their firstYear. Pre-introduction years are zero, so the new layer literally appears the year the tax was introduced. Vertical dotted annotations mark each introduction year.

Why Vic-only

This chart is for Victoria specifically — line-item taxonomies differ across states, so a cross-state stacked area would mix apples and oranges. For Vic-vs-NSW-vs-QLD per-capita comparison see State Tax per Capita (Chart 3b), which uses ABS 5506.0 totals.

Caveats

  • Stamp duty is the most cyclical line; large year-on-year swings reflect property market cycles, not policy changes.
  • Mental health levy and COVID debt levy revenue figures in early years are estimated rather than reconciled outturns.

v0.1 status

Hand-keyed seed values pending automated extraction from Vic Budget Paper 5 / DataVic CKAN API.

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