I am requesting regular or one-off publication of Transfer Duty paid on business asset transactions - excluding real property, along with the volume of transactions and the dutiable amount broken down by other categories like Local Government Area, goodwil/IP amounts, interest transferred ... as many details as possible.
What is the problem?
The size of the secondary market for business assets (i.e. business sales) is unknown, therefore it is difficult to assess possible sale values for businesses. This uncertainty reduces business investment.
How would you use the data?
To publish research on business sales.
What are the benefits?
Knowing the depth and movement in a market such as business sales reduces risk (particularly risk of low/no returns). Reducing this risk builds certainty and confidence, and is likely to spur business investment to capture greater returns.