RevenueSA has advised that the SA Government will work with industry to develop an appropriate scheme to ensure that pensioners and concession card holders are not adversely affected by the Emergency Services Levy (ESL) changes announced in the 2014-15 SA Budget.
In the Budget, the SA Government removed the fixed property ESL remission (better known as the “general remission”) on all properties except principal place of residences owned by eligible pensioner and concession card holders. However, the remission now does not apply to land located within a retirement village and liability of the ESL rests with the retirement village operator.
RevenueSA said following consideration of industry submissions, the SA Government agreed in principle that pensioners and concession card holders who live in retirement villages should not be disadvantaged when compared with pensioners and concession card holders who own their own home in relation to the ESL.
[LTN 175, 10/9/14]