Taxation statistics 2015-16

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Pay as you go summary tables

Data for each financial year includes data processed between 1 July and 30 June. For example, data for the 2016–17 financial year includes data processed between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017.

Table 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 financial years
Entity type	2014–15		2015–16		2016–17
Entity type	Entities (no.)	PAYG(W) ($m)	Entities (no.)	PAYG(W) ($m)	Entities (no.)	PAYG(W) ($m)
Individuals	83,181	871	83,624	904	83,577	908
Companies	474,726	122,761	489,515	127,942	501,346	133,079
Partnerships	72,013	2,453	69,097	2,489	65,701	2,524
Trusts	171,126	12,609	173,251	13,144	174,352	13,811
Super funds	7,725	945	7,324	1,012	6,517	1,125
Government	3,623	29,541	3,578	30,229	3,558	31,906
Total	812,394	169,180	826,389	175,720	835,051	183,353

Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 financial years
Entity type	2014–15		2015–16		2016–17
Entity type	Entities (no.)	PAYG(I) ($m)	Entities (no.)	PAYG(I) ($m)	Entities (no.)	PAYG(I) ($m)
Individuals	1,490,896	20,209	1,447,035	21,186	1,501,266	21,432
Companies	368,117	55,720	376,246	53,341	389,531	56,791
Trusts	7,327	98	5,831	106	6,212	130
Super funds	220,499	7,920	222,154	9,080	222,985	9,629
Total	2,086,839	83,947	2,051,266	83,713	2,119,994	87,982

Pay as you go detailed tables

Table 1External Link
PAYG withholding, 2010–11 to 2016–17 financial years, by:

entity type
broad industry
type of withholder.

Table 2External Link
PAYG instalments, 2010–11 to 2016–17 financial years, by:

entity type
broad industry.

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