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Tax time lodgment statistics

Tax time lodgment statistics as at 29 October 2026.

Last updated 3 November 2026

As at 29 October 2026, we have received over 10.5 million individual tax return lodgments for 2026 – which is a 0.4% decrease compared with the same time last year.

Of these lodgments:

  • over 5.4 million were lodged by self-preparers
  • over 4.9 million were lodged by tax agents
  • over 109,000 were push returns.

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