Companies

The data for this section is taken from processed tax returns, based on income year reporting.

This section has been broken down into the following parts:

• Company summary tables and charts – the data most users want
• Company detailed tables – more complex data.

Company summary tables and charts

• Table 11: Selected income items
• Table 12: Selected expenses
• Chart 14: Number of companies and net tax by size
• Table 13: International dealing, by entity type

Table 11: Selected income items, 2015–16 to 2016–17 income years

Income item	2015–16			2016–17
	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)
Gross interest	432,155	401,752	916	434,049	389,017	762
Other gross income	396,984	976,383	72,160	411,719	939,126	74,512
Other sales of goods and services	367,655	5,752,345	342,099	379,466	5,821,396	349,373
Gross distribution from trusts	72,074	572,967	91,778	75,550	559,984	94,321
Gross rent and other leasing and hiring income	70,301	609,355	39,495	70,948	596,362	40,598
Total dividends	53,181	970,137	7,265	53,800	898,185	7,961
Total income	941,166	3,031,062	117,490	969,518	3,034,752	121,943

In this table:

• Total income components do not add to the total number of taxpayers because taxpayers may declare more than one type of income.
• Some components of total income are not listed.
• The count, average and median for total income are calculated including zeroes.

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2001–02 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 12: Selected expense items, 2015–16 to 2016–17 income years

Expense item	2015–16			2016–17
	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)	Companies (no.)	Average ($)	Median ($)
All other expenses	845,367	1,033,802	58,269	873,009	995,722	59,868
Depreciation expenses	485,658	195,183	9,842	482,927	204,665	10,597
Motor vehicle expenses	408,163	31,023	8,027	421,586	31,665	8,124
Superannuation expenses	381,399	93,204	16,404	393,678	93,557	16,643
Interest expenses within Australia	334,668	307,285	3,830	341,681	278,819	3,776
Repairs and maintenance	314,018	71,087	2,564	321,229	72,527	2,607
Cost of sales	303,818	4,035,055	163,629	314,620	4,019,434	164,507
Rent expenses	287,252	181,048	32,700	296,944	180,208	33,345
Contractor, subcontractor and commission expenses	180,686	633,912	34,428	187,111	634,791	35,856
Total expenses	941,166	2,831,537	88,146	969,518	2,777,499	90,774

In this table:

• All other expenses is the label on the return form and does not include all expenses from the tax return not listed.
• Total expenses components do not add to the total number of taxpayers claiming expenses because taxpayers may claim more than one type of expense.
• Some components of total expenses are not listed.
• The count, average and median for total expenses are calculated including zeroes.

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2002–03 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Chart 14: Number of companies and net tax, by size, 2016–17 income year

For more information, see our definition of Entity size.

To access the data for this chart, as well as similar data back to the 2009–10 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

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Table 13: International dealing, by entity type, 2016–17 income year

Entity type	Entities (no.)	Revenue activities		Expenditure activities
		Activities (no.)	Revenue ($m)	Activities (no.)	Expenditure ($m)
Company	13,091	15,397	116,705	20,821	174,792
Partnership	246	160	362	179	393
Trust	2,584	411	3,893	677	3,787
Total	15,921	15,968	120,959	21,677	178,973

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2013–14 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Company detailed tables

Table indexExternal Link: Detailed tables index

The table index lists the different items shown in the detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.

Table 1External Link: Selected items, for income years 1979–80 to 2016–17

Table 1A shows selected items, for income years 1979–80 to 2016–17.

Table 1B shows selected counts, averages and medians, for income years 2012–13 to 2016–17.

Table 2External Link: Selected items, by net tax and company type, 2016–17 income year

Table 3External Link: Selected items, by taxable status, residency status, company type and taxable or net income, 2010–11 to 2016–17 income years

Table 3A shows selected items for 2016–17 income year.

Table 3B shows selected items for income years 2010–11 to 2016–17.

Table 4External Link: Selected items, by industry, 2016–17 income year

Table 4A shows selected items, by broad and fine industry, for the 2016–17 income year.

Table 4B shows key items, by business industry code, for the 2016–17 income year.

Table 5External Link: Selected items and financial ratios, by company size, taxable status, profit status and broad industry, 2016–17 income year

Table 6External Link: Selected items by taxable status, residency status, company type and company size, 2010–11 to 2016–17 income years

Table 6A shows selected items for 2016–17 income year.

Table 6B shows selected items for income years 2010–11 to 2016–17.

Table 7External Link: International dealings: Selected items by country, 2016–17 income year

Table 8External Link: International dealings: Selected items for income years 2012–13 to 2016–17