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Chart 1: Tax return lodgment by entity type, over five years
Table 1: Size of entities
Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, over five years
Table 2: Taxation liabilities, by industry
Chart 3: Taxation liabilities, by source

Data for each income year includes data processed up to 31 October of the following year. For example, data for the 2014–15 income year includes data processed up to 31 October 2016.

Chart 1: Tax return lodgment, by entity type, 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years

Chart 1 shows whether the lodgment numbers are increasing or decreasing over the last 5 income years for individuals, companies, super funds, partnerships and trusts. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2006-07 income year.

The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.

Table 1: Size of entities, 2014–15 income year
Entity size	Individuals	Companies	Super funds	Partnerships	Trusts	Total
Loss	1,022	1,567	57	160	600	3,406
Nil	12,050,273	125,936	95,520	65,737	481,883	12,819,349
Micro	1,159,231	706,860	388,100	255,963	312,392	2,822,546
Small	2,996	61,173	107	7,638	24,145	96,059
Medium	289	16,497	84	1,018	4,212	22,100
Large	2	1,345	32	61	166	1,606
Very large	1	1,130	69	43	50	1,293
Total	13,213,814	914,508	483,969	330,620	823,448	15,766,359

Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, 2010–11 to 2014–15 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.

The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.

Table 2: Taxation liabilities, by industry, 2014–15 income year
Industry	Individuals ($m)	Company ($m)	Fund ($m)	FBT ($m)	GST ($m)	Excise, PRRT, LCT and WET ($m)	Total ($m)
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	170	640	na	21	2	−11	822
Mining	19	9,831	na	389	−8,851	2,052	3,440
Manufacturing	132	4,715	na	408	6,566	10,852	22,673
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	8	454	na	57	1,414	521	2,454
Construction	994	4,039	na	196	8,553	<1	13,782
Wholesale trade	44	4,464	na	439	13,533	11,853	30,333
Retail trade	201	4,029	na	162	4,566	2,328	11,286
Accommodation & food services	44	857	na	36	4,021	10	4,968
Transport, postal & warehousing	165	1,667	na	135	3,543	297	5,807
Information media & telecommunications	51	2,886	na	89	2,785	<1	5,811
Financial & insurance services	76	24,598	na	323	6,654	407	32,058
Rental, hiring & real estate services	90	2,253	na	68	4,690	3	7,104
Professional, scientific & technical services	1,429	4,317	na	452	9,694	<1	15,892
Administrative & support services	166	738	na	165	4,178	6	5,253
Public administration & safety	16	130	na	818	−11,096	2	−10,130
Education & training	77	347	na	134	<1	<1	558
Health care & social assistance	3,246	1,126	na	68	−2,453	<1	1,987
Arts & recreation services	133	610	na	36	1,160	<1	1,939
Other services	255	418	na	78	2,007	1	2,759
Other	18	299	na	66	239	14	636
Industry total	7,333	68,420	na	4,141	51,207	28,334	159,435
Other income tax	170,254	na	13,776	na	na	na	184,030
Total ATO collections	177,587	68,420	13,776	4,141	51,207	28,334	343,465
Customs collections	na	na	na	na	3,368	48	3,416
Total with Customs	177,587	68,420	13,776	4,141	54,575	28,382	346,881

Notes
Industry: based on the industry codes reported on income tax returns and the Australian Business Register. ‘Other’ includes entities not recorded in above groups.Mining: all PRRT is included under this industry.Public administration and safety: this includes FBT from Australian Government departments.Other income tax: this includes non-business income tax for individuals, such as tax on salary and wages, or tax on investments only and all super fund income tax that do not fit into an industry split.

Chart 3: Tax liabilities by source, 2014–15 income year

Chart 3 shows the taxation liabilities for the 2014-15 incom year. Individual income tax 51.5%, Company income tax 19.8%, Super fund income tax 4%, GST 15.8%, FBT 1.2%, Excise 6.9%, PRRT, LCT, WET 0.7%. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2009-10 income year.

The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.

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Overview of the individual tax system, 1950–51 to 2014–15 income years

Includes:

tax and Medicare rates
general rebates or offsets allowed
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Table 2External Link
Overview of the company tax system, 2000–01 to 2014–15 income years

An overview of tax rates that applied to various types of companies each year.

Table 3External Link
Selected tax items, by industry, 2014–15 income year

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