‘Death tax by stealth’: Victorian government hikes probate fees by up to 650%
Fees to process wills to change from fixed rate to tiered system in move opposition says can’t be justified
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Bereaved Victorian families will be hit with massive increases to probate fees, with the state government announcing hikes of up to 650% to process wills.
The acting attorney general, Enver Erdogan, on Monday announced that the supreme court’s probate fees would move from a fixed rate to a tiered system, in what has been described as a “death tax by stealth” by the opposition.
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