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Pay as you go statistics for Taxation statistics 2023–24

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

Published 17 June 2026

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 2023–24 follow.

Table 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2022–23 to 2024–25 financial years

Entity type

2022–23 Entities
no.

2022–23 PAYG withholding
$m

2023–24 Entities
no.

2023–24 PAYG withholding
$m

2024–25 Entities
no.

2024–25 PAYG withholding
$m

Individuals

82,557

987

78,999

1,043

74,259

967

Companies

635,525

201,135

651,085

220,481

659,952

221,194

Partnerships

44,277

2,678

41,069

2,734

37,487

2,609

Trusts

172,513

19,078

168,162

19,788

161,151

19,099

Super funds

1,223

1,349

1,284

1,616

1,127

1,966

Government

3,198

46,188

3,201

50,423

3,191

50,508

Total

939,293

271,415

943,800

296,085

937,167

296,342

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

Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2022–23 to 2024–25 financial years

Entity type

2022–23 Entities
no.

2022–23 PAYG instalments
$m

2023–24 Entities
no.

2023–24 PAYG instalments
$m

2024–25 Entities
no.

2024–25 PAYG instalments
$m

Individuals

1,772,511

27,998

1,948,681

31,247

2,260,563

34,390

Companies

502,054

109,453

531,044

116,909

573,667

112,302

Trusts

5,786

170

6,654

224

7,557

225

Super funds

267,400

14,555

259,744

15,369

266,092

20,238

Total

2,547,751

152,176

2,746,123

163,750

3,107,879

167,155

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 2024–25 financial years
  • Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2024–25 financial years

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