Recent Cases

Conexa Sydney Holdings Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2025] NSWCA 20 (27 February 2025) (Ward P, Payne, Stern and McHugh JJA, Basten AJA)


Catchwords:


TAXES AND DUTIES — Dutiable transactions — Dutiable value — Land — landholder duty — whether interest in pipeline is “land holdings” or “goods” — meaning of “land holdings” in s 155 of the Duties Act 1997 (NSW) — meaning of “goods” in s 155 of the Duties Act — nature of interest conferred by the Water Industry Competition Act 2006 (NSW)

TAXES AND DUTIES — Dutiable transactions — dutiable value — whether interest in pipeline is indeterminate thus non-dutiable