Contact us about foreign investment

This page shows how you can contact us if you have questions about foreign investment in Australia.

On this page:

• Residential real estate application form enquiries
• New or near-new dwelling exemption certificate enquiries
• Non-sensitive commercial application enquiries
• Land and water register enquiries
• Vacancy fee enquiries
• Foreign investment compliance
• Calling from overseas

See also:

• General tax and super enquiries
• Report a breach of foreign investment rules

Residential real estate application form enquiries

• Email firbresidential@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

New or near-new dwelling exemption certificate enquiries

For property developers with questions about completing an application, or meeting your reporting requirements for the new or near-new dwelling exemption certificate enquiries:

• Email firbresidential@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

Non-sensitive commercial application enquiries

• Email FIRB-Commercial-Screening@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

Land and water register enquiries

For questions about registering Australian agricultural land, residential land or water entitlements on the Land and water register:

• Email landregister@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

Vacancy fee enquiries

For questions about your vacancy fee return:

• Email vacancyfee@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

Foreign investment compliance

For questions about complying with foreign investment rules for residential and non-sensitive commercial real estate:

• Email firbcompliance@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377

If you know or suspect someone is deliberately breaking our foreign investment rules, you can report it confidentially by completing the ATO tip-off form.

See also:

• Report a breach of foreign investment rules

Calling from overseas

If you are calling from overseas you can contact us between 8:00am and 5:00pm (AEST or AEDT), Monday to Friday on +61 2 6216 1111, and ask to be transferred to 1800 050 377.

To unsubscribe from one of our mailing lists

If you don’t want to receive our emails, tell us by forwarding the email you received to the below email address. Type ‘Stop’ in the subject line of the email and we’ll remove you from our mailing list.

• Email FIRBATOComms@ato.gov.au
• Phone 1800 050 377