Tasmania's free stamp duty scheme for first home buyers expires at the end of this month, leaving some in an anxious wait to settle before the cut off.

Stamp duty is being scrapped for some ACT buyers. Here's how the rest of Australia stacks up.

It’s the latest move by the territory government in its 20-year tax reform transition program to phase out stamp duty in favour of higher rates and land taxes.

Tasmania's free stamp duty scheme for first home buyers expires at the end of this month, leaving some in an anxious wait to settle before the cut off.