ACT rates calculator for 2026-27
ACT rates depend on a property's average unimproved value (AUV), the average of its land value over the last five years. Enter it from your rates or valuation notice to see the year's rates and levies. This calculator gives the same answer as the ACT Revenue Office's own: a house with an AUV of $600,000 pays $3,813.50.
Where to find the values
- AUV. Your rates notice shows it. For a house, ACT Revenue's online property valuation service also shows the land value; the AUV averages the last five years.
- Units. Rates for a unit are worked out on the AUV of the whole block, then shared by unit entitlement. The owners corporation receives the block's valuation notice, and the unit entitlement is on the units plan.
How ACT rates are worked out
Rates have a fixed charge ($884 for a house, $943 for a unit) and a valuation charge set by marginal rates on the AUV. Every residential property also pays the $458 Police, Fire and Emergency Services Levy and the $70 Safer Families Levy. Pensioner and other concessions are not included. Figures are for 2026-27 from the ACT Revenue Office, which also runs its own calculator.
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