Agency:
Taxation Branch (State Revenue Office)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1957
End Date:
31 Dec 1994
Description:
The Taxation Branch was established in 1957 under the newly apointed Deputy Commissioner of Taxation. The Branch was formed by the amalgamation of the Probate and Land Tax Branches and while a Branch of Treasury it operated on a semiautonomous basis. By 1967 the Taxation Branch was the predominant tax collection agency in the State. ;;;;In 1978 the Head of the Taxation Branch became Commissioner of Taxes. During the 1980's the Branch became known as the State Revenue Office (SRO). This term continued to be used after it became the Revenue Branch in 1994 despite the SRO not appearing as such in Treasury's Annual Reports.
Information Sources:
'From Commissariat to Treasury' by Heather Felton
Legislation Administered:
Debits Tax Transfer Act 1990, Deceased Persons' Estate Duties Act 1931, Entertainment Tax Act 1953, First Home Assistance Act 1982, Income Tax Collection Arrangement Act 1948, Land & Income Taxation Act 1910 & 1959, Land Tax Acts (Annual), Licensing Act 1932, Pay-roll Tax Act 1971, Racing & Gaming Act 1952, Stamp Duties Act 1931, Taxation (Recipricocal Powers) Act 1993,
Legislation Creating:
administrative action
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
administrative action
Functions Performed:
Finance management
Controlling Agencies:
| Treasury Department (TA91) | 01 Jan 1824 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Finance (TA915) | 17 Jul 1989 | 09 Nov 1989 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance (TA916) | 07 Nov 1989 |
Previous Agencies:
| Probate Branch (TA1674) | 01 Jul 1946 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| Land Tax Branch (TA1676) | 01 Jul 1946 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| Entertainments Tax Branch (TA1687) | 01 Oct 1953 | 31 Dec 1957 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Revenue Operations (Services) Branch (TA1678) | 01 Dec 1994 | 30 Jun 2002 |
| Revenue Compliance (Support) Branch (TA1679) | 01 Dec 1994 | 30 Jun 2002 |
| Revenue & Gaming Division (TA1681) | 01 Dec 1994 | 03 Apr 2000 |
| Revenue Review & Advisory Service Unit (TA1682) | 01 Dec 1994 | 30 Jun 1999 |
Series Created By Agency:
| TRE76/4 Valuation Rolls, Bruny. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1955 |
| TRE76/9 Valuation Rolls, Deloraine. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/11 Valuation Rolls, Esperance. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/12 Valuation Rolls, Evandale. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1960 |
| TRE76/13 Valuation Rolls, Fingal. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/15 Valuation Rolls, George Town. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/16 Valuation Rolls, Glamorgan. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/19 Valuation Rolls, Green Ponds. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/24 Valuation Rolls, Kingborough. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/27 Valuation Rolls, Launceston. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/28 Valuation Rolls, Lilydale. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/29 Valuation Rolls, Longford. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/30 Valuation Rolls, New Norfolk. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/32 Valuation Rolls, Penguin. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/35 Valuation Rolls, Queenstown. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/40 Valuation Rolls, Scottsdale. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/41 Valuation Rolls, Sorell. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| TRE76/42 Valuation Rolls, Spring Bay. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/43 Valuation Rolls, Strahan. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1959 |
| TRE76/44 Valuation Rolls, Tasman. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/45 Valuation Rolls, Ulverstone. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/46 Valuation Rolls, Waratah. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/47 Valuation Rolls, Westbury. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/48 Valuation Rolls, Wynyard. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| TRE76/3 Valuation Rolls, Brighton. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1948 |
| TRE76/6 Valuation Rolls, Campbell Town. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| TRE76/7 Valuation Rolls, Circular Head. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| TRE76/8 Valuation Rolls, Clarence. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1948 |
| TRE76/10 Valuation Rolls, Devonport. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1950 |
| TRE76/14 Valuation Rolls, Flinders Island. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1955 |
| TRE76/20 Valuation Rolls, Hamilton. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| TRE76/23 Valuation Rolls, Kentish. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1941 |
| TRE76/25 Valuation Rolls, King Island. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| TRE76/26 Valuation Rolls, Latrobe. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1916 |
| TRE76/31 Valuation Rolls, Oatlands. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| TRE76/33 Valuation Rolls, Port Cygnet. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| TRE76/34 Valuation Rolls, Portland. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| TRE76/36 Valuation Rolls, Richmond. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| TRE76/37 Valuation Rolls, Ringarooma. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| TRE76/38 Valuation Rolls, Ross. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1959 |
| TRE76/39 Valuation Rolls, St. Leonards. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1959 |
| TRE76/49 Valuation Rolls, Zeehan. | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1955 |
| TRE76/21 Valuation Rolls, Hobart. | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1955 |
| TRE76/22 Valuation Rolls, Huon. | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1941 |
| TRE76/1 Valuation Rolls, Beaconsfield. | 01 Jan 1914 | 31 Dec 1949 |
| TRE78 Affidavits of Assets and Liabilities of Deceased Persons Made in Accordance with the Deceased Persons' Estates Duties Acts 1915 and 1931. | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1993 |
| TRE76/2 Valuation Rolls, Bothwell. | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| TRE158 Registers of Affidavits of Assets and Liabilities of Deceased Persons. | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1985 |
| AE518 Crown Law Opinions on Probate Duty | 27 Aug 1923 | 05 Oct 1982 |
| TRE122 Register of Estate Agents' Licences issued. | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1960 |
| AE247 Register of Legal Opinions re Legal Opinions re the 'Deceased Persons Estate Duties Act, 1931 and Other Acts. | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1975 |
| TRE76/17 Valuation Rolls, Glenorchy. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1948 |
| TRE76/5 Valuation Rolls, Burnie. | 01 Jan 1949 | 31 Dec 1949 |
| TRE76/18 Valuation Rolls, Gormanston. | 01 Jan 1949 | 31 Dec 1958 |
| AF342 Legal Opinions given by the Solicitor General in Relation to Stamp Duty | 16 Nov 1951 | 04 Sep 1991 |
| TRE121 Register of Auctioneers Licences issued. | 01 Jan 1954 | 31 Dec 1960 |
| TRE157 Applications under S 31A, Deceased Persons Estates Act 1931. | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1982 |
| TRE159 Record of Tax paid or Land and Property [Srd]. | 01 Jan 1966 | 31 Dec 1977 |
| AE296 Record of Duty paid on Deceased Estates under the Deceased Persons Estates Duties Act, 1931. | 21 Dec 1978 | 17 Aug 1991 |