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Methodology

State Tax Revenue by Line — Methodology and Sources

Last reviewed: 2026-05-20

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.

Verification status

Verified against the DTF Taxation Revenue annual XLSX (one sheet per tax line). See the data sources page. API.

Sources

The Victoria Ledger

Victoria's last decade across fiscal, tax, workforce, capital, services, crime, and economy, plotted as continuous time series. Every figure traceable to an official primary source.

Last refreshed 2026-06-11. Data refreshes follow each new release from the underlying agencies.

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