The Urban Taskforce submission to Inquiry into the Land Valuation System

8 March 2013- The Urban Taskforce concerns with the valuation system relates primarily to the:

• unrealistic broad-brush land values being applied to greenfield land based on land zoning without due consideration of:

1. actual land use;
2. development capability of the land;
3. need and cost of provision of essential infrastructure;

• requirement for land owners to pay land tax upfront based on land valuations in dispute and/or subject to legal challenge;
• costs not being awarded to the appellant when land valuations are determined by the courts.