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Pay as you go statistics

Last updated 7 June 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 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2019–20 to 2021–22 financial years

Entity type

Entities
no. 2019–20

PAYG withholding
$m 2019–20

Entities
no. 2020–21

PAYG withholding
$m 2020–21

Entities
no. 2021–22

PAYG withholding
$m 2021–22

Individuals

95,623

996

95,739

995

86,623

936

Companies

601,466

157,920

620,600

161,391

623,105

175,760

Partnerships

58,922

2,377

54,959

2,385

47,936

2,446

Trusts

190,414

16,100

188,763

16,285

178,076

17,353

Super funds

2,706

1,331

1,490

1,180

1,184

1,236

Government

3,247

37,029

3,195

41,189

3,198

41,970

Total

952,378

215,753

964,746

223,424

940,122

239,701

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

Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2019–20 to 2021–22 financial years

Entity type

Entities
no. 2019–20

PAYG instalments
$m 2019–20

Entities
no. 2020–21

PAYG instalments
$m 2020–21

Entities
no. 2021–22

PAYG instalments
$m 2021–22

Individuals

1,515,805

21,839

1,633,582

22,420

1,703,736

24,455

Companies

405,958

72,277

447,956

79,787

470,727

94,464

Trusts

5,030

134

5,615

129

5,679

152

Super funds

235,422

10,443

239,937

12,161

252,847

17,048

Total

2,162,215

104,692

2,327,090

114,497

2,432,989

136,119

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 2021–22 financial years

Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2021–22 financial years

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