Pay as you go statistics for Taxation statistics 2022–23

Key statistics relating to Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding liabilities or payments.

Published 27 June 2025

Pay as you go summary tables

Key statistics relating to pay as you go (PAYG) withholding liabilities and PAYG instalments summarised in the ATO's Taxation statistics 2022–23 follow.

Table 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type – over 3 years
Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type – over 3 years

Table 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2021–22 to 2023–24 financial years
Entity type	Entities no. 2021–22	PAYG withholding $m 2021–22	Entities no. 2022–23	PAYG withholding $m 2022–23	Entities no. 2023–24	PAYG withholding $m 2023–24
Individuals	86,623	936	82,557	987	78,999	1,043
Companies	623,105	175,760	635,525	201,135	651,085	220,481
Partnerships	47,936	2,446	44,277	2,678	41,069	2,734
Trusts	178,076	17,353	172,513	19,078	168,162	19,788
Super funds	1,184	1,236	1,223	1,349	1,284	1,616
Government	3,198	41,970	3,198	46,188	3,201	50,423
Total	940,122	239,701	939,293	271,415	943,800	296,085

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

Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2021–22 to 2023–24 financial years
Entity type	Entities no. 2021–22	PAYG instalments $m 2021–22	Entities no. 2022–23	PAYG instalments $m 2022–23	Entities no. 2023–24	PAYG instalments $m 2023–24
Individuals	1,703,736	24,455	1,772,511	27,998	1,948,681	31,247
Companies	470,727	94,464	502,054	109,453	531,044	116,909
Trusts	5,679	152	5,786	170	6,654	224
Super funds	252,847	17,048	267,400	14,555	259,744	15,369
Total	2,432,989	136,119	2,547,751	152,176	2,746,123	163,750

Download data from the 2007–08 financial year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Pay as you go detailed tables

Detailed statistics relating to PAYG withholding liabilities and PAYG instalments follow.

Table 1External Link: PAYG withholding, by broad industry, entity type and type of withholder, 2010–11 to 2023–24 financial years
Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2023–24 financial years

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