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What it costs, before you pick up the phone.
Standard residential CGT valuations are priced in five tiers by the property's market value, from $900 plus GST up to $1,000,000 to $3,000 plus GST up to $7,000,000. Retrospective dates, rural and commercial assets and expert-evidence work are quoted on top. You get an exact fixed fee in writing within 2 hours — no obligation.
Five tiers, set by the property's market value.
Standard residential CGT valuations are priced against the tier the property's market value falls into. We publish the guide because a business that won't give you any indication until it has your phone number is usually hiding something — but the only number that counts is the one on your engagement letter.
Quoted individually. Send us the property details and we will scope it.
Priced on lease structure, asset complexity and travel rather than on the tier table alone.
Reports in expert-witness form for objections, private rulings and AAT matters are scoped case by case.
All fees exclude GST. The tier guide covers standard residential property with a single valuation date; retrospective dates, restricted access, multiple valuation dates and complex or rural assets are quoted on top. It is a guide, not an offer or a fee schedule — your actual fee is confirmed in the written engagement letter before any work starts.
What moves you off the tier table.
The tier sets the starting point. Five things determine whether your engagement sits at that figure or above it — and none of them is what we think you can afford.
A 2023 date is a lookup. A 1994 date means sourcing and verifying sales that are not in any current database, and establishing what the property was like at the time.
A three-bedroom house in an established suburb is straightforward. Mixed-use, rural, subdividable or heritage-constrained property takes materially longer to evidence.
Metropolitan work is cheaper than regional, and regional cheaper than remote — mostly because of travel time. Travel is inside the fixed fee, never added later.
A second date on the same property costs far less than a second engagement, because the property research is already done. Tell us the whole history at quoting stage.
A routine lodgement and a contested objection are different documents. If the number is likely to be challenged, the evidentiary standard — and the fee — goes up.
What the fee covers, and what it doesn't.
Inspection, or a documented desktop assessment where access isn't possibleAll travel, however farTitle, planning and historical researchComparable sales analysis with the full schedule attachedFull narrative report with ATO-compliant certifications, signed by a CPVFollow-up questions from your accountant or tax agentNothing on this list is ever added to an invoice without you agreeing to it first. If we discover mid-engagement that the job is harder than described, we absorb it — that is what a fixed fee means.
The ones people actually ask.
Why isn't there one flat price for everything?
Because a tier covers the common case, not every case. A 2022 valuation of a suburban house and a 1996 valuation of a subdividable rural block are not the same piece of work, and pricing them identically would be dishonest in one direction or the other. The tier table is the starting point for standard residential work; everything else is scoped individually.
Why is the fee tiered by market value?
Higher-value property generally means a thinner pool of comparable sales, more adjustment work and a report that carries more consequence if it is wrong — so it takes longer. The tiers are fixed dollar amounts, not a percentage of value, so the valuer has nothing to gain from reaching a higher figure.
Is the fee contingent on the valuation coming in high?
Never. Contingent fees compromise independence and would render the report unusable for taxation purposes. The fee is agreed before the valuer forms a view.
Are valuation fees tax deductible?
Fees incurred in working out a capital gain can generally form part of the cost base, and in some circumstances are deductible as a cost of managing tax affairs. That treatment is your accountant's call, not ours.
When do I pay?
We issue a fixed-fee engagement letter upfront and invoice on delivery of the report. There is no charge at the quote stage and no obligation to proceed.
More on turnaround and what slows a job down in the cost and timing guide.
Get the actual number in 2 hours.
Tell us the property, the valuation date and the CGT event. You get a fixed fee and an engagement letter — no obligation, no follow-up calls if you decide against it.
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