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A summary of information reported from all tax returns, activity statements and other forms.

Published 13 June 2024

Snapshot summary tables and charts

Summary information about the different entities and tax liabilities in our tax system:

Chart 1: Tax return lodgment by entity type, 2017–18 to 2021–22 income years

Chart 1 shows lodgment numbers over the last 5 income years. Over these 5 years, individuals, companies and trusts continuing to grow in number, SMSFs remaining steady, while APRA and other funds as well as partnerships continue to decline in number. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2006–07 income year.

Download data from 2006–07 income year onward at Snapshot table 5External Link.

Table 1: Number of entities, by entity size and type, 2021–22 income year

Entity size

Individuals

Companies

Super funds

Partnerships

Trusts

Total

Loss

934

1,785

41

127

562

3,449

Nil

13,988,522

174,795

95,736

58,912

607,147

14,925,112

Micro

1,540,634

891,550

411,118

196,512

340,856

3,380,670

Small

4,664

92,178

637

8,849

32,105

138,433

Medium

614

25,655

93

1,248

5,585

33,195

Large

18

2,025

25

77

203

2,348

Very large

9

1,620

66

49

87

1,831

Total

15,535,395

1,189,608

507,716

265,774

986,545

18,485,038

Download data from the 2000–01 income year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, 2017–18 to 2021–22 income years

Chart 2 shows the net tax paid by individuals, companies and super funds for the last 5 income years. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data for the 2009–10 income year.

See our definition of Net tax.

Download data from the 2009–10 income year onward at Snapshot table 5External Link.

Table 2: Taxation liabilities by industry, 2021–22 income year

Industry

Individuals
$m

Company
$m

Fund
$m

FBT
$m

GST
$m

Excise, PRRT, LCT and WET
$m

Total
$m

Agriculture, forestry & fishing

1,694

1,484

n/a

24

−424

5

2,783

Mining (includes PRRT)

29

42,298

n/a

230

−8,896

2,601

36,262

Manufacturing

527

7,481

n/a

280

7,853

8,675

24,816

Electricity, gas, water & waste services

19

1,069

n/a

46

1,035

39

2,208

Construction

2,162

5,316

n/a

135

10,739

<1

18,352

Wholesale trade

186

9,401

n/a

321

24,709

12,045

46,662

Retail trade

1,037

6,864

n/a

153

7,906

1,726

17,686

Accommodation & food services

269

1,163

n/a

35

5,110

15

6,592

Transport, postal & warehousing

1,239

2,234

n/a

89

3,515

683

7,760

Information media & telecommunications

362

1,966

n/a

74

2,872

<1

5,274

Financial & insurance services

939

29,741

n/a

267

5,701

754

37,402

Rental, hiring & real estate services

1,041

4,926

n/a

54

5,188

26

11,235

Professional, scientific & technical services

4,862

7,639

n/a

448

16,536

41

29,526

Administrative & support services

780

1,106

n/a

90

5,439

1

7,416

Public administration & safety (includes government departments)

75

266

n/a

910

−19,073

1

–17,821

Education & training

602

334

n/a

137

365

<1

1,438

Health care & social assistance

7,728

2,451

n/a

74

−2,996

<1

7,257

Arts & recreation services

1,116

789

n/a

33

1,547

<1

3,485

Other services

962

609

n/a

57

2,265

<1

3,893

Other industries

401

1,004

n/a

3

177

<1

1,585

Industry total

26,030

128,142

0

3,460

69,568

26,613

253,813

Other income tax (including non-income tax for individuals)

240,680

 

n/a

29,094

 

n/a

n/a

n/a

269,774

 

Total ATO collections

266,710

128,142

29,094

3,460

69,568

26,613

523,587

Department of Home AffairsExternal Link collections

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6,447

82

6,529

Total collections

266,710

128,142

29,094

3,460

76,015

26,695

530,116

Download data from the 2008–09 income year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Chart 3: Tax liabilities by source, 2021–22 year

Chart 3 shows the taxation liabilities for the 2021–22 income or financial year. Individual income tax made up 50.3%, Company income tax 24.2%, Super fund income tax 5.5%, GST 14.3%, FBT 0.7%, Excise 4.3%, PRRT, LCT, WET 0.8%. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2009–10 income year.

Download data from 2009–10 onward at Snapshot table 5.External Link

Snapshot detailed tables

Detailed information about the different entities and tax liabilities in our tax system:

Table 1:External Link Individual income tax rates, 1950–51 to 2021–22 income years

Table 2External Link: Company income tax rates, 2000–01 to 2021–22 income years

Table 3External Link: Selected taxation items by broad industry:

  • Key items for all entities relating to the 2021–22 income year
  • Other key items relating to the 2022–23 financial year.

Table 4External Link: Data for all tables in Taxation statistics 2021–22

Table 5External Link: Data for all charts in Taxation statistics 2021–22

Table 6External Link: Number of entities, by entity type, for income years 1958–59 to 2021–22

Table 7External Link: Key individuals statistics, by state/territory, 2021–22 income year

Table 7A: Key individuals statistics, Australia-wide

Table 7B: Top and bottom 10 postcodes, based on average taxable income

Table 7C: Occupation average and median income

Table 7D: Total median and average taxable income, by postcode

 

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