February 13

Duties Online- transfer duty training

Duties Online workshops for transfer duty self assessors started Monday 11 February 2008 at 63 George Street Brisbane. Attendees practice lodging returns using Duties Online.

Duties Online seminars are also being held until Tuesday 26 February 2008. Register your attendance at a Duties Online workshop or seminar through the Duties Online webpage.

Transfer duty self assessors should receive their Duties Online registration packs in mid February. Username and passwords to access Duties Online will be activated from 3 March 2008.

For further information on Duties Online please visit the Duties Online webpage.

February 14

System maintenance

In order to conduct necessary maintenance Duties Online clients will not be able to log on for the period from 12.00pm Saturday 16 February to 9.00am Monday 18 February. OSR apologises for any inconvenience this outage may cause.

February 29

Pay-roll tax reform introduced into Parliament

The Pay-roll Tax (Harmonisation) Amendment Bill 2008 was introduced into Parliament on Wednesday 27 February 2008.

The Bill predominantly implements a package of measures to harmonise Queensland’s pay-roll tax arrangements with those of other jurisdictions with effect from 1 July 2008.

The harmonisation package includes changes in the areas of taxable wages, exemptions, allowances and grouping of employers. No changes will be made to the tax rates or threshold. 

If you would like to view the Bill or its explanatory notes, they are now available on the Office of Parliamentary Counsel website.

Read more about the pay-roll tax legislation amendments.

February 14

Mortgage and insurance duty now live

Duties Online went live on Monday 4 February for registered mortgage and insurance self assessors. By now, all clients should have received a registration pack containing their username, passwords and online learning CD to help transition to Duties Online.

Registered self assessors should familiarise themselves with the new Duties Online webpage, particularly the mortgage and insurance return online lodgment demonstrations.

Mortgage and insurance returns are required to be lodged monthly, with the January return due by 14 February. Returns can now be paid electronically using the new electronic payment options for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Direct Debit (DD) or Bpay.

Alternatively, please contact a member of the Client Contact Centre on 1300 300 734 if you have any questions about Duties Online.

February 29

Pre go-live preparation for duties online

Registered transfer duty self assessors can log into Duties Online from Monday 3 March 2008. 

Transfer duty self assessors please note the following:

• You will not be able to access Duties Online until 9:00am on Monday 3 March 2008.
• When logging into Duties Online and entering your username, ensure you type the correct suffix after your eight digit unique client number:

                              TS – super user

                              TD – standard user

• Take care when entering your password. After three incorrect attempts you will be locked out of Duties Online and to regain access, you will need to contact the Office of State Revenue.
• Familiarise yourself with the key roles and responsibilities of the super and standard user/s.
• Contact the Office of State Revenue Client Contact Centre on 1300 300 734 if you haven’t yet received your registration pack and password.
• Please email the Client Engagement Team (client.support@osr.treasury.qld.gov.au ) for logging on problems or Duties Online questions. Where possible, please attach a screenshot in a word document of any pages with the relevant error message. This will enable us to assist with the error.
• Register online to attend a March workshop being held at 63 George Street, Brisbane.