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Trust statistics for Taxation statistics 2023–24

Key statistics from trust tax returns.

Published 17 June 2026

Trusts summary table and chart

Key statistics from the Trust income tax return 2024 summarised in the ATO's Taxation statistics 2023–24 follow.

Table 15: Trust total business income (TBI), by size, 2021–22 to 2023–24 income years

Trust size

2021–22 Trusts
no.

2021–22 TBI
$m

2022–23 Trusts
no.

2022–23 TBI
$m

2023–24 Trusts
no.

2023–24 TBI
$m

Loss

562

−201

537

−128

609

−130

Nil

607,147

0

641,795

0

679,033

0

Micro

340,856

121,414

340,006

122,273

342,722

123,192

Small

32,105

127,152

33,600

134,442

33,512

133,951

Medium

5,585

130,200

5,971

138,661

5,943

141,253

Large

203

30,043

226

34,047

243

36,697

Very large

87

51,568

94

60,146

100

60,197

Total

986,545

460,176

1,022,229

489,442

1,062,162

495,160

Download data from the 2003–04 income year onward at Snapshot table 4.External Link

Chart 17: Trusts total business income, by size, 2023–24 income year

The charts show this distribution across the different sizes of trusts. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2003–04 income year.

Download data from the 2003–04 income year onward at Snapshot table 5External Link.

Trusts detailed tables

Detailed statistics from the Trust tax return 2024 and associated schedules summarised in the ATO's Taxation statistics 2023–24 follow.

  • Table index:External 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 1990–91 to 2023–24
    • Table 1A: Selected items for the 1990–91 to 2023–24 income years
    • Table 1B: Counts, averages and medians for the 2012–13 to 2023–24 income years
  • Table 2External Link: Selected items, by net Australian income, 2010–11 to 2023–24 income years
    • Table 2A: Selected items for the 2023–24 income year
    • Table 2B: Key items for the 2010–11 to 2023–24 income years
  • Table 3External Link: Selected items, by broad and fine industry, 2023–24 income year
  • Table 4External Link: Selected items, by trust type, 2023–24 income year
  • Table 5External Link: Selected items, by trust size and broad industry, 2023–24 income year
  • Table 6:External Link Rental property schedule items, by state or territory of property and net rent position, 2018–19 to 2023–24 income years
  • Table 7External Link: Attribution managed investment trusts (AMIT), 2017–18 to 2023–24 income years
    • Table 7A: Selected AMIT tax return and liability items for the 2017–18 to 2023–24 income years
    • Table 7B: Selected AMIT schedule items for the 2017–18 to 2023–24 income years

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