Car park tax details: new exemptions, more revenue
Long-awaited exemptions to the State Government car parking tax have been released along with amended draft legislation.
Despite the exemptions, estimated revenue from the tax has increased.
The “transport development levy” was announced in the 2012-13 State Budget and is due to operate from July 2014.
In 2012, the State Government estimated revenue at $26 million per year – today’s estimate is $30 million.
The $2 per day charge will apply to multi-storey car parks, car parks operated by businesses and ticketed on-street parking in the CBD.
In June this year, the Premier said he would be making an announcement “soon” on an exemption for business owners.
Today, Weatherill released a review of the levy and an extensive list of exemptions.
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“The report we are releasing today says that ‘other than Canberra, Adelaide has far and away the cheapest CBD parking in Australia’,” the Premier said.
“A transport development levy will impose a cost on the owners of city carparks that will be spent on improving our public transport for everyone.”
Parking spaces exempt from the levy include: residential spaces, spaces provided free to customers of businesses, loading bays and bus layovers, disability spaces, emergency vehicles, short term parks in general hospitals, spaces for special events in the park lands and spaces for motor cycles.
The tax became a political hot potato with the Property Council, retailers and car park operators backing a TV advertising campaign by the State Opposition, promising to the scrap the tax if they win power.
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