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Pay as you go statistics

Last updated 25 May 2023

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, 2018–19 to 2020–21 financial years

Entity type

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Individuals

83,069

975

95,623

996

95,739

995

Companies

532,020

152,683

601,466

157,920

620,600

161,391

Partnerships

58,437

2,503

58,922

2,377

54,959

2,385

Trusts

175,316

16,057

190,414

16,100

188,763

16,285

Super funds

3,246

1,272

2,706

1,331

1,490

1,180

Government

3,503

35,761

3,247

37,029

3,195

41,189

Total

855,591

209,250

952,378

215,753

964,746

223,424

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

Table 20: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2018–19 to 2020–21 financial years

Entity type

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Individuals

1,551,762

23,280

1,515,805

21,839

1,633,582

22,420

Companies

404,542

73,171

405,958

72,277

447,956

79,787

Trusts

5,818

137

5,030

134

5,615

129

Super funds

233,303

10,724

235,422

10,443

239,937

12,161

Total

2,195,425

107,313

2,162,215

104,692

2,327,090

114,497

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

Pay as you go detailed tables

Table 1:External Link PAYG withholding, by broad industry, entity type and type of withholder, 2010–11 to 2020–21 financial years

Table 2:External Link PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2020–21 financial years

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