Shifting views on Victorian Land Tax trust provisions
The recent VCAT decision of Caloutas as trustee for Caloutas Family Trust v Commissioner of State Revenue [2025] VCAT explored how bare or fixed trusts intersect with the Victoria land tax trust surcharge provisions.
Recalcitrant tenants take advantage of jurisdictional blackhole – watch this space.
As confirmed by the High Court’s decision in Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15, state tribunals, such as VCAT, do not have the jurisdiction to hear disputes between interstate parties.