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Tables supporting the tax compliance data of Australian corporations.

Published 1 November 2024

Demographics of large corporate groups – data table

The table details the data used in figure, the contribution to tax revenue from 2017–18 to 2022–23 for large corporate groups.

Table: the contribution to tax revenue from 2017–18 to 2022–23 for large corporate groups

$b Income tax payable

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

2022–23

Large Diversified Miners

8.0

10.2

11.5

14.9

23.1

21.0

Oil & Gas

1.2

1.9

1.3

0.6

1.4

12.0

Other Mining, Energy and Water

6.9

10.8

12.1

16.6

18.0

22.3

Major Banks

11.4

10.1

9.2

8.4

8.4

9.9

Other Financial Services

6.5

6.8

6.4

7.4

8.7

7.3

Wholesale, Retail and Services

13.6

12.6

12.5

15.1

17.3

18.4

Manufacturing, Construction and Agriculture

3.9

3.8

3.7

4.0

5.6

4.8

Total large corporate groups income tax reported

51.4

56.2

56.6

67.1

82.6

95.6

Macro-level analysis is giving us confidence – data tables

The table below details the data used in figure, indexed income tax payable and pre-tax profits of ASX-listed companies.

Table: Indexed income tax payable and pre-tax profits of ASX-listed companies

Year

Income tax payable ($m)

Pre-tax profit ($m)

Indexed income tax payable

Indexed pre-tax profit

2018

28,549

157,674

100.0

100.0

2019

29,938

164,157

104.9

104.1

2020

31,080

146,335

108.9

92.8

2021

37,877

190,778

132.7

121.0

2022

43,353

246,988

151.9

156.6

The table below details the data used in figure, tax-to-income ratios of Australian public and majority foreign-owned large corporate groups.

Table: Tax-to-income ratios of Australian public and majority foreign-owned large corporate groups from 2017 to 2023

Year

Majority Foreign-owned

Australian - Public

Australian - Public (excluding largest 10)

Private

2017

1.57%

3.19%

1.80%

1.44%

2018

1.82%

3.25%

1.92%

1.81%

2019

1.90%

3.44%

1.91%

1.44%

2020

1.72%

3.47%

1.72%

1.51%

2021

1.63%

4.13%

1.76%

1.79%

2022

2.32%

4.29%

2.15%

1.72%

2023

3.00%

3.72%

2.37%

1.48%

The OECD four pillars of compliance – data table

The table details the data used in figure 2, culpability penalty rates applied to large corporate groups, 2018–19 to 2023–24.

Table: Culpability penalty rates applied to large corporate groups from 2018–19 to 2023–24

Culpability penalty

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

2022–23

2023–24

0 rate

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.4

10% rate

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.3

25% rate

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

50% rate

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

75% rate

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

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