Who pays the levy?

The Project Owner has a legal obligation to pay the mandatory CITF levy. The Project Owner is:

For Federal, State and local government projects

• the government authority responsible for delivering a government project.

For non-government projects

• the person or organisation engaged to carry out the building or construction work (e.g. the head contractor); or
• the property owner, if no person or organisation has been engaged to carry out the building or construction work at the time of development approval.

Once a project is lodged online with CITB, a Levy Notice will be emailed to the Project Owner, who will have 14 days to pay any outstanding levy.

PLEASE NOTE: The Project Owner is solely responsible for:

• paying the levy;
• notifying CITB of the final project cost and completion date; and
• ensuring project details remain accurate and up to date.

Any applicable refund must be issued directly to the Project Owner. Only the Project Owner can access or amend levy project information.