Snapshot

The snapshot is a summary of data reported from all tax returns, related schedules and other information.

Snapshot summary tables and charts

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

Chart 1: Tax return lodgment by entity type, 2013–14 to 2017–18 income years

To access the data for this chart, and similar data dating back to the 2006–07 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 1: Number of entities, by entity size and type, 2017–18 income year

Entity size (see definition)	Individuals (no.)	Companies (no.)	Super funds (no.)	Partnerships (no.)	Trusts (no.)	Total (no.)
Loss	772	1,528	48	136	500	2,984
Nil	12,967,912	137,576	91,004	63,055	535,943	13,795,490
Micro	1,315,960	777,994	418,158	229,321	333,852	3,075,285
Small	3,282	72,474	300	7,593	27,103	110,752
Medium	351	19,971	79	1,056	4,638	26,095
Large	7	1,606	22	62	195	1,892
Very large	8	1,303	74	48	55	1,488
Total	14,288,292	1,012,452	509,685	301,271	902,286	17,013,986

To access this data in Excel format, and similar data dating back to the 2000–01 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, 2013–14 to 2017–18 income years

For more information, see our definition of Net tax.

To access the data for this chart, and similar data dating back to the 2009–10 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 2: Taxation liabilities by industry, 2017–18 income year

Industry	Individuals ($m)	Company ($m)	Fund ($m)	FBT ($m)	GST ($m)	Excise, PRRT, LCT and WET ($m)	Total ($m)
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	174	943	n/a	32	−216	−18	916
Mining	10	15,635	n/a	226	−6,461	1,623	11,034
Manufacturing	146	5,634	n/a	346	6,596	9,307	22,028
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	8	1,161	n/a	51	1,787	54	3,060
Construction	1,179	5,106	n/a	140	8,888	<1	15,313
Wholesale trade	41	5,755	n/a	382	17,718	12,771	36,668
Retail trade	189	4,295	n/a	164	5,939	1,343	11,931
Accommodation & food services	48	988	n/a	35	4,686	14	5,771
Transport, postal & warehousing	207	1,957	n/a	122	3,931	570	6,788
Information media & telecommunications	60	2,781	n/a	90	2,397	<1	5,328
Financial & insurance services	112	27,674	n/a	309	4,364	44	32,503
Rental, hiring & real estate services	95	3,428	n/a	72	4,341	10	7,946
Professional, scientific & technical services	1,618	5,362	n/a	510	13,541	52	21,083
Administrative & support services	201	900	n/a	96	4,642	<1	5,839
Public administration & safety	18	200	n/a	887	−12,981	2	−11,874
Education & training	94	261	n/a	143	−287	<1	211
Health care & social assistance	3,676	1,618	n/a	69	−2,940	<1	2,423
Arts & recreation services	163	604	n/a	42	1,382	<1	2,191
Other services	292	559	n/a	61	2,029	2	2,942
Other	223	363	n/a	7	−38	1	556
Industry total	8,553	85,224	n/a	3,784	59,318	25,777	182,655
Other income tax	200,554	n/a	20,483	n/a	n/a	n/a	221,037
Total ATO collections	209,107	85,224	20,483	3,784	59,318	25,777	403,693
Department of Home AffairsExternal Link collections	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,136	76	4,212
Total collections	209,107	85,224	20,483	3,784	63,454	25,853	407,905

In this table:

• Industry is based on the industry codes reported on tax returns and the Australian Business Register
• Mining includes all petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT)
• Public administration and safety includes FBT from Australian government departments
• Other includes entities not recorded in the above groups
• Other income tax includes non-business income tax for individuals such as
  • tax on salary and wages or investment income for individuals, and
  • all super fund income tax.
   

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data dating back to the 2008–09 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Chart 3: Tax liabilities by source, 2017–18 year

To access the data for this chart and similar data dating back to 2009–10, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Snapshot detailed tables

Table 1External Link: Individual income tax rates, 1950–51 to 2017–18 income years

An overview of the historical tax rates, rebates, offsets and thresholds that relate to individuals each year.

Table 2External Link: Company income tax rates, 2000–01 to 2017–18 income years

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

Table 3External Link: Selected taxation items by broad industry

• Key items for all entities relating to the 2017–18 income year
• Other key items relating to the 2018–19 financial year

Table 4External Link: Data for all tables shown on ato.gov.au

Table 5External Link: Data for all charts shown on ato.gov.au

Table 6External Link: Number of entities, by entity type, for income years 1958–59 to 2017–18

Table 7External Link: Key individuals statistics, by state/territory, 2017–18 income year

Table 7A shows key individuals statistics, Australia-wide.

Table 7B shows top and bottom 10 postcodes, based on average taxable income, for each state/territory.

Table 7C shows top 10 occupations, based on average taxable income, for each state/territory.

Table 7D shows total, median and average taxable income, by state/territory and postcode.

Table 7E shows median and average taxable income, salary or wage income, and total income, by occupation unit group and state/territory.

See also  

• Industry benchmarks
• Individuals
• Companies
• Reference material