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  • Cost of tax compliance

    This section includes:

    Cost of tax compliance summary table and chart

    Data for each income year includes data processed up to 31 October of the following year. For example, data for the 2013–14 income year includes data processed up to 31 October 2015.

    Chart 18 Average time to complete tax return, 2009–10 to 2013–14 income years

     Tax stats chart 18

    Note:

    Individuals: this includes individuals who completed the business and professional items section only.

    See the dataExternal Link for this chart.

    Table 20 Cost of managing tax affairs for individuals, 2011–12 to 2013–14 income years

     

    2011–12

    2012–13

    2013–14

    Number of individuals

    6,128,240

    6,201,835

    6,172,012

    Total cost of managing tax affairs ($m)

    2,276

    2,351

    2,301

    Average cost of managing tax affairs ($)

    371

    379

    373
    Notes:Number of individuals: this will not include data from the tax return where the taxpayer has claimed the cost of managing tax affairs under a different label.Cost of managing tax affairs: includes expenses you incurred in managing your tax affairs, any interest charge we imposed on you, and other costs. For more information see individual tax return instructions.

    Cost of tax compliance detailed tables

    For help using these, see Using detailed tables.

    Table

    Description

    Table 1External Link

    Cost of tax compliance data, by form type, 1998–99 to 2013–14 income years

    Table 2External Link

    Tax return form time-box data for 2013–14 income year, by:

    • entity type
    • lodgment method
    • total business income

     

    Table 3External Link

    FBT and BAS forms time-box data, for 2013–14 income year, by:

    • entity type
    • total business income

     
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