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Pay as you go statistics

Last updated 18 April 2022

Pay as you go liabilities or payments are taken from activity statements for the most recent financial year.

Pay as you go summary tables

Table 19: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2017–18 to 2019–20 financial years

Entity type

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Individuals

83,614

951

83,069

975

95,623

996

Companies

517,692

142,034

532,020

152,683

601,466

157,920

Partnerships

62,265

2,531

58,437

2,503

58,922

2,377

Trusts

175,797

15,021

175,316

16,057

190,414

16,100

Super funds

4,974

1,220

3,246

1,272

2,706

1,331

Government

3,505

33,500

3,503

35,761

3,247

37,029

Total

847,847

195,257

855,591

209,250

952,378

215,753

Download data from the 2006–07 financial year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Table 20: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2017–18 to 2019–20 financial years

Entity type

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Individuals

1,527,021

22,002

1,551,762

23,280

1,515,805

21,839

Companies

386,562

63,603

404,542

73,171

405,958

72,277

Trusts

5,817

134

5,818

137

5,030

134

Super funds

225,695

11,053

233,303

10,724

235,422

10,443

Total

2,145,095

96,792

2,195,425

107,313

2,162,215

104,692

Download data from the 2007–08 financial year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Pay as you go detailed tables

Table 1External Link: PAYG withholding, by broad industry, entity type and type of withholder, 2010–11 to 2019–20 financial years

Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2019–20 financial years

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