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• Company summary tables and charts, with the data most users want
• Company detailed tables, with more complex data

Company summary tables and charts

• Table 9: Selected income items
• Table 10: Selected expenses
• Chart 13: Number of companies and net tax by size
• Table11: International dealing, by entity type

Data for each income year includes data processed up to 31 October of the following year. For example, data for the 2014–15 income year includes data processed up to 31 October 2016.

Table 9: Selected income items, 2013–14 to 2014–15 income years

	2013–14			2014–15
Income item	Companies (no.)	Average $	Median $	Companies (no.)	Average $	Median $
Gross interest	429,103	416,735	1,105	434,009	406,632	1,065
Other gross income	371,682	869,519	70,241	385,338	899,872	70,452
Other sales of goods and services	339,165	5,961,824	330,088	353,511	5,832,701	334,323
Gross rent and other leasing and hiring income	69,611	604,863	38,500	69,913	636,604	38,653
Gross distribution from trusts	64,670	505,920	80,000	68,339	546,133	84,842
Total dividends	51,688	837,094	5,490	52,284	731,225	6,566
Total income	887,349	3,059,093	108,621	914,508	3,038,815	112,458

Note
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 in this table. The count, average and median for total income are calculated including zeroes.

Table 10: Selected expenses, 2013–14 to 2014–15 income years

	2013–14			2014–15
Expense	Companies (no.)	Average $	Median $	Companies (no.)	Average $	Median $
All other expenses	793,403	976,187	55,782	820,118	991,231	56,877
Depreciation expenses	480,116	173,271	7,456	491,437	181,801	8,461
Motor vehicle expenses	384,815	34,988	8,724	395,414	33,386	8,359
Superannuation expenses	360,429	89,207	15,480	370,683	95,490	16,180
Interest expenses within Australia	323,578	357,796	4,232	329,320	331,547	4,014
Repairs and maintenance	299,234	76,506	2,478	306,045	75,203	2,501
Cost of sales	281,019	4,170,244	158,703	291,879	4,119,435	161,614
Rent expenses	267,345	177,451	32,181	277,142	179,827	32,450
Contractor, subcontractor and commission expenses	167,980	638,947	31,938	173,931	635,615	32,968
Total expenses	887,349	2,818,348	81,577	914,508	2,832,862	84,261

Notes
All other expenses: this is the label on the return form and does not include all expenses from the income tax return not listed in this table.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 in this table. The count, average and median for total expenses are calculated including zeroes.

Chart 13: Number of companies and net tax by size, 2014–15 income year

 

The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.

Table 11: International dealing, by entity type, 2014–15 income year 

Entity type		Revenue activities		Expenditure activities
	Entities (no.)	Activities (no.)	Revenue ($m)	Activities (no.)	Expenditure ($m)
Company	11,949	12,571	147,277	17,429	223,255
Partnership	215	99	1,096	128	411
Trust	1,800	301	2,982	441	2,676
Total	13,964	12,971	151,355	17,998	226,342

Company detailed tables

Table indexExternal Link
Company detailed tables index

Lists the different items shown in the company detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.

Table 1External Link
Selected items, 1979–80 to 2014–15 income years

Shows most items from the company tax return for all income years between 1979–80 and 2014–15.

A new table (1B) shows counts, averages and medians for most items for the 2012–13 to 2014–15 income years.

Table 2External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:

• net tax range
• company type

Table 3External Link

Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:

• taxable income range
• taxable status
• residency status
• company type

A new multi-year table (3B) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years.

Table 4External Link
Selected items, by industry, for the 2014–15 income year

Table 5External Link
Selected industry items and financial ratios for the 2014–15 income year, by:

• company size
• taxable status
• profit status
• broad industry

The financial ratios include:

• return on assets
• net profit margin
• interest cover
• tax to profit
• tax to income

Table 6External Link
Selected items, for the 2014–15 income year, by:

• taxable status
• residency status
• company type
• company size

A new multi-year table (6B) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years

Table 7External Link
International related party dealings, by country, 2014–15 income year

Shows the countries where entities had international related party dealings together with the associated revenue and expenditure.

Table 8External Link
International dealings schedule items, 2012–13 to 2014–15 income years