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• Company detailed tables – more complex data

Company summary tables and charts

• Table 9: Selected income items
• Table 10: Selected expenses
• Chart 13: Number of companies and net tax by size
• Table11: International dealing, by entity type

Data for each income year includes data processed up to 31 October of the following year. For example, data for the 2015–16 income year includes data processed up to 31 October 2017.

Table 9: Selected income items, 2014–15 to 2015–16 income years

Income item	2014–15			2015–16
	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)
Gross interest	434,009	406,632	1,065	432,155	401,752	916
Other gross income	385,338	899,872	70,452	396,984	976,383	72,160
Other sales of goods and services	353,511	5,832,701	334,323	367,655	5,752,345	342,099
Gross distribution from trusts	68,339	546,133	84,842	72,074	572,967	91,778
Gross rent and other leasing and hiring income	69,913	636,604	38,653	70,301	609,355	39,495
Total dividends	52,284	731,225	6,566	53,181	970,137	7,265
Total income	914,508	3,038,815	112,458	941,166	3,031,062	117,490

Note
Total income: components do not add to the total number of taxpayers because taxpayers may declare more than one type of income. Some components of total income are not listed in this table. The count, average and median for total income are calculated including zeroes.

Table 10: Selected expenses, 2014–15 to 2015–16 income years

Expense	2014–15			2015–16
	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)
All other expenses	820,118	991,231	56,877	845,367	1,033,802	58,269
Depreciation expenses	491,437	181,801	8,461	485,658	195,183	9,842
Motor vehicle expenses	395,414	33,386	8,359	408,163	31,023	8,027
Superannuation expenses	370,683	95,490	16,180	381,399	93,204	16,404
Interest expenses within Australia	329,320	331,547	4,014	334,668	307,285	3,830
Repairs and maintenance	306,045	75,203	2,501	314,018	71,087	2,564
Cost of sales	291,879	4,119,435	161,614	303,818	4,035,055	163,629
Rent expenses	277,142	179,827	32,450	287,252	181,048	32,700
Contractor, subcontractor and commission expenses	173,931	635,615	32,968	180,686	633,912	34,428
Total expenses	914,508	2,832,862	84,261	941,166	2,831,537	88,146

Notes
All other expenses: this is the label on the return form and does not include all expenses from the income tax return not listed in this table.Total expenses: components do not add to the total number of taxpayers claiming expenses because taxpayers may claim more than one type of expense. Some components of total expenses are not listed in this table. The count, average and median for total expenses are calculated including zeroes.

Chart 13: Number of companies and net tax, by size, 2015–16 income year

The data for the above chart, as well as similar data back to the 2009–10 income year, is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.

Table 11: International dealing, by entity type, 2015–16 income year

Entity type	Entities (no.)	Revenue activities		Expenditure activities
		Activities (no.)	Revenue ($m)	Activities (no.)	Expenditure ($m)
Company	12,665	15,964	141,939	21,551	231,490
Partnership	221	137	850	175	368
Trust	2,099	346	3,060	542	3,712
Total	14,985	16,447	145,849	22,268	235,571

Company detailed tables

Table indexExternal Link
Company detailed tables index

Lists the different items shown in the company detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.

Table 1External Link
Selected items, 1979–80 to 2015–16 income years

Shows most items from the company tax return for all income years between 1979–80 and 2015–16. Table 1B shows counts, averages and medians for most items for the 2012–13 to 2015–16 income years.

Table 2External Link
Selected items for the 2015–16 income year, by:

• net tax range
• company type.

Table 3External Link

Selected items for the 2015–16 income year, by:

• taxable income range
• taxable status
• residency status
• company type
• income years 2010–11 to 2015–16 (3B).

Table 4External Link
Selected items for the 2015–16 income year, by:

• broad industry
• fine industry.

A new table (4B) includes key items for each industry code.

Table 5External Link
Selected industry items and financial ratios for the 2015–16 income year, by:

• company size
• taxable status
• profit status
• broad industry.

The financial ratios include:

• return on assets
• net profit margin
• interest cover
• tax to profit
• tax to income.

Table 6External Link
Selected items, for the 2015–16 income year, by:

• taxable status
• residency status
• company type
• company size
• income years 2010–11 to 2015–16 (6B).

Table 7External Link
International dealings schedule items, 2012–13 to 2015–16 income years