Use this calculator to estimate your 2025-26 emergency services levy for an individual property.
Before you start
- You will need the capital value
of your property for the 2025-26 financial year. - This can be found on your Notice of Emergency Services Levy Assessment, or on statutory authority notices such as your council rates bill, water and sewerage rates bill.
- It can also be requested through South Australian Land Information System (SAILIS), an online platform for land and property information maintained by Land Services SA. A fee may apply.
If you need a calculator for a previous financial year, jump to calculators for previous financial years.
- Enter the capital value of the property in the Property value section.
- Select the Regional area that applies to the property.
- Select the Land use category
that applies to the property. - If you or any other owners of the property qualify for a concession and the property is your principal place of residence, select Yes.
- If you have selected Yes, enter the percentage value of your ownership as a whole number.
- If you have selected No, leave the percentage field blank.
- Click on the Calculate button.
- The Estimated Levy Summary is shown.
For example, if you are the sole owner, enter 100 as a whole number to represent your 100% ownership.
If you are a joint owner and the other owner does not also qualify for a concession, enter 50 to represent your 50% ownership.
If you are a joint owner and the other owner also qualifies for a concession, enter 100 to represent your combined ownership.
Important:
Enter all numbers as whole numbers.
Commas, spaces or symbols will result in the error message NaN (not a number) in the Estimated Levy Summary or an incorrect calculation.
Important
- If your total emergency services levy is $10 or less, you will not receive an assessment. The amount will carry forward each year, and an assessment will only be issued once your total liability exceeds $10.
- The estimated emergency services levy payable shown on the calculator may not match the amount on your notice of assessment - in this case, the amount shown on your notice is correct.
- The calculator may differ by up to 5 cents due to how the calculation is rounded.
- The emergency services levy will be remitted in full on properties located in Regional Area 2 and Regional Area 3 with a capital value of $1,000 or less.
- Properties categorised as special community use
or that are located in Regional Area 3 receive a reduced fixed charge. This reduction is reflected in the calculation shown at ‘Emergency Services Levy’. - The emergency services levy will be remitted in full where the balance is $20 or less (after any applicable remission or concession has been applied) where all of an owner’s property holdings are located in Regional Area 3.
- The calculator does not take into account reductions of fixed charges for single farming enterprise or contiguous land groupings. In these cases, the calculation is an estimate only and may not reflect your actual liability.
- Concession on your principal place of residence: All owners of the property must be eligible for concession to receive the entire concession. If only some of the owners are eligible for the concession, a partial concession will apply.
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Calculators for previous financial years
Use the calculator that applies to the financial year you are estimating for.
- 2024-25 Financial Year
- 2023-24 Financial Year
- 2022-23 Financial Year
- 2021-22 Financial Year
- 2020-21 Financial Year
No calculators are available prior to the 2020-21 financial year.
Disclaimer
This calculator will assist you in calculating the amount of emergency services levy you may have to pay. The information provided is intended as a guide only and does not replace an assessment issued under the Emergency Services Funding Act 1998. The actual levy amount may vary depending on your property details. RevenueSA takes no responsibility for any incorrect information, or any discrepancy between the information provided on this web site and that appearing in any assessment issued pursuant to the relevant Act, or any loss incurred as a result of reliance on the information or program of this website.