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Last updated 18 April 2022

The snapshot is a summary of information reported from all tax returns, activity statements and other forms.

Snapshot summary tables and charts

Chart 1: Tax return lodgment by entity type, 2014–15 to 2018–19 income years

Chart 1 shows lodgment numbers over the last 5 income years, with individuals, companies, SMSFs and trusts continuing to grow in number, while APRA and other funds as well as partnerships are declining 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, 2018–19 income year

Entity size

Individuals

Companies

Super funds

Partnerships

Trusts

Total

Loss

801

1,591

49

122

526

3,089

Nil

13,298,877

147,926

91,568

61,781

544,893

14,145,045

Micro

1,374,329

793,185

412,744

219,292

331,051

3,130,601

Small

3,190

73,326

345

7,238

26,647

110,746

Medium

335

20,427

78

1,006

4,551

26,397

Large

9

1,685

22

65

186

1,967

Very large

4

1,366

74

51

60

1,555

Total

14,677,545

1,039,506

504,880

289,555

907,914

17,419,400

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

Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, 2014–15 to 2018–19 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.

For more information, 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, 2018–19 income year

Industry
(from tax return industry codes and the ABR)

Individuals
($m)

Company
($m)

Fund
($m)

FBT
($m)

GST
($m)

Excise, PRRT, LCT and WET
($m)

Total
($m)

Agriculture, forestry & fishing

155

954

na

33

−465

1

678

Mining (includes PRRT)

11

21,941

na

221

−7,098

1,444

16,519

Manufacturing

141

5,281

na

328

6,310

9,430

21,490

Electricity, gas, water & waste services

8

1,662

na

51

1,479

57

3,257

Construction

1,110

4,952

na

147

9,066

<1

15,275

Wholesale trade

37

5,667

na

373

18,744

12,739

37,560

Retail trade

188

4,129

na

170

6,069

1,347

11,903

Accommodation & food services

48

948

na

34

4,850

16

5,896

Transport, postal & warehousing

209

2,097

na

118

3,680

634

6,738

Information media & telecommunications

66

1,983

na

88

2,407

<1

4,544

Financial & insurance services

82

25,218

na

301

5,523

145

31,269

Rental, hiring & real estate services

85

3,227

na

71

4,533

14

7,930

Professional, scientific & technical services

1,663

5,445

na

522

13,156

43

20,829

Administrative & support services

211

884

na

100

4,809

<1

6,004

Public administration & safety (includes government departments)

18

189

na

936

−13,595

2

−12,450

Education & training

101

262

na

141

-278

<1

226

Health care & social assistance

3,842

1,632

na

70

−3,048

<1

2,496

Arts & recreation services

185

600

na

43

1,446

<1

2,274

Other services

304

562

na

60

1,996

1

2,923

Other industries

107

403

na

11

359

<1

880

Industry total

8,572

88,034

na

3,818

59,943

25,875

186,242

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

205,396

na

29,918

na

na

na

235,314

Total ATO collections

213,968

88,034

29,918

3,818

59,943

25,875

421,556

Department of Home AffairsExternal Link collections

na

na

na

na

4,638

67

4,705

Total collections

213,968

88,034

29,918

3,818

64,581

25,942

426,261

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

Chart 3: Tax liabilities by source, 2018–19 year

 Chart 3 shows the taxation liabilities for the 2018–19 income or financial year. Individual income tax 51.2%, Company income tax 21.1%, Super fund income tax 5.2%, GST 15.5%, FBT 0.9%, Excise 5.5%, 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.

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

Snapshot detailed tables

Table 1External Link: Individual income tax rates, 1950–51 to 2018–19 income years

An overview of the historical individual tax rates, rebates, offsets and thresholds.

Table 2External Link: Company income tax rates, 2000–01 to 2018–19 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 2018–19 income year.
  • Other key items relating to the 2019–2020 financial year.

Table 4External Link: Data for all tables in Taxation statistics 2018–19

Table 5External Link: Data for all charts in Taxation statistics 2018–19

Table 6External Link: Number of entities, by entity type, for income years 1958–59 to 2018–19

Table 7External Link: Key individuals statistics, by state or territory, 2018–19 income year

Table 7A: Key individuals statistics, Australia-wide.

Table 7B: Top and bottom 10 postcodes, based on state or territory's average taxable income.

Table 7C: Average and median income, by occupation and state or territory.

Table 7D: Total, median and average taxable income, by state or territory and postcode.

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