On 1 March 2002, the Duties Act 2001 commenced as a revenue law. Under the Taxation Administration Act 2001 (TAA), which also came into effect on 1 March 2002, the person responsible for the administration and enforcement of a revenue law is the Commissioner of State Revenue.
Note: Taking into account the number of leap years compared to non-leap years, it was statistically more likely to become a Commissioner of Stamp Duties in a leap year than in a standard year. Five of the 18 Commissioners took up the office in a leap year.
| Name of Commissioner |
Years served |
Titles held |
| Hugh M Milman |
1891–1902 |
- Chief Commissioner of Stamps (newly created position)
- Commissioner in charge of The Dividend Duty Act 1890
|
| Ernest J Hennessey |
1902–1904 |
- Acting Chief Commissioner of Stamps
|
| James Mitchell |
1904–1916 |
- Chief Commissioner of Stamps
- Registrar of Titles
- Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
- Registrar of Firms
|
| Frank J Bradfield |
1916–1919 |
- Chief Commissioner of Stamps (Changed to Commissioner of Stamp Duties on 1 November 1918)
|
| Edward Fitzpatrick |
1919–1929 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
|
| Frederick J McCarthy |
1929–1945 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- State Income Tax Commissioner
- Commissioner of Taxes
|
| Charles G McCorkell |
1945–1948 |
|
| William A Warnock |
1948–1949 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties (The first person to be solely Commissioner of Stamp Duties since income tax was administered by the Commonwealth Government)
|
| William M Kay |
1950–1959 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
|
| Reginald H Miller |
1960–1967 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
|
| Eric I Ferguson |
1967–1969 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
|
| James L Bruce |
1969–1975 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax (from 1971 to 1975)
|
| Noel C Seeney |
1975–1986 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
|
|
Alan J Watson
|
1986–1987 |
- Acting Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
|
| Victor J Taaffe |
1987–1991 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
|
| Henry R Smerdon |
1991–1994 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
- Commissioner of Land Tax
- Under Treasurer
|
| Gerard P Bradley |
1994–1995 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
- Commissioner of Land Tax
- Acting Under Treasurer and Under Secretary
- Government Statistician
|
| Jane K Macdonnell |
1995–1996 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties (First female Commissioner of Stamp Duties)
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
- Commissioner of Land Tax
- First Executive Director of the Office of State Revenue (March 1990)
|
|
James VM Green
|
1996–2002 |
- Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Last Commissioner of Stamp Duties in Queensland)
- Commissioner of Pay-roll Tax
- Commissioner of Land Tax
- First Commissioner of State Revenue under the TAA
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