Larkin v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue
[2024] NSWCATAD 14
At a glance
Source factsCourt
NCAT Administrative and Equal Opportunity
Decision date
2024-01-15
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Judgment (16 paragraphs)
REASONS FOR DECISION
- This is a decision concerning an application by the applicant, Samuel Reginald Larkin, seeking an extension of time to apply for a review (administrative review) of the stamp duty assessment decision (assessment decision) of the respondent (the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue) made on 31 January 2022: see Taxation Administration Act 1996 (NSW) (TAA) s 99(1).
- The assessment decision relates to the applicant's purchase of a residential property, at Gateshead in New South Wales, on 10 July 2017 (the Property). That purchase was made with a grant under the First Home Assistance Scheme: Duties Act 1997 (NSW) (Duties Act) Part 8 Division 1. Under that scheme, the acquisition was subject to a concession or exemption from duty: Duties Act s 69. A condition of the grant was that the applicant satisfies the 'residence requirement' in s 76(1) of the Duties Act, namely - after the settlement of the purchase, the applicant was required to occupy the Property as his principal place of residence for a continuous period of six (6) months, with the six-month period commencing within 12 months of settlement.
- In January 2022, following an investigation the respondent found that the applicant had not met the 'residence requirement' and reassessed the applicant's liability for stamp duty under s 79 of the Duties Act and s 9 of the TAA. The applicant asserts he did meet the 'residence requirement'.
- The applicant requires an extension of time as his application for administrative review was lodged outside the prescribed 60 days within which an application of this kind is to be lodged: TAA s 99(1).
- For the reasons set out below I have decided to extend time within which the applicant is lodge his administrative review application.