Snapshot

The snapshot is a summary of data reported from all tax returns, related schedules and other information for 2016–17.

Snapshot summary tables and charts

• Chart 1: Tax return lodgment by entity type, over five years
• Table 1: Number of entities, by entity size and type
• Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, over five years
• Table 2: Taxation liabilities, by industry
• Chart 3: Taxation liabilities, by source

Chart 1: Tax return lodgment, by entity type, 2012–13 to 2016–17 income years

To access the data for this chart, as well as similar data back to the 2006–07 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 1: Number of entities, by entity size and type, 2016–17 income year

Entity size (see definition)	Individuals (no.)	Companies (no.)	Super funds (no.)	Partnerships (no.)	Trusts (no.)	Total (no.)
Loss	756	1,559	35	124	511	2,985
Nil	12,601,665	130,051	102,520	62,627	515,444	13,412,307
Micro	1,264,857	748,880	399,054	237,720	327,750	2,978,261
Small	3,144	67,832	138	7,860	26,333	105,307
Medium	317	18,457	73	1,117	4,597	24,561
Large	4	1,537	25	58	184	1,808
Very large	2	1,202	74	40	55	1,373
Total	13,870,745	969,518	501,919	309,546	874,874	16,526,602

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2000–01 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Chart 2: Net tax by entity type, 2012–13 to 2016–17 income years

For more information, see our definition of Net tax.

To access the data for this chart, as well as similar data back to the 2009–10 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 2: Taxation liabilities, by industry, 2016–17 income year

Industry	Individuals ($m)	Company ($m)	Fund ($m)	FBT ($m)	GST ($m)	Excise, PRRT, LCT and WET ($m)	Total ($m)
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	186	881	n/a	34	−69	−18	1,014
Mining	8	11,788	n/a	263	−5,918	1,607	7,748
Manufacturing	136	4,817	n/a	406	7,126	8,714	21,199
Electricity, gas, water & waste services	7	838	n/a	54	2,442	31	3,372
Construction	1,104	4,668	n/a	149	8,574	<1	14,495
Wholesale trade	40	5,080	n/a	398	15,802	12,084	33,404
Retail trade	186	4,135	n/a	179	5,808	1,383	11,691
Accommodation & food services	43	1,006	n/a	37	4,485	12	5,583
Transport, postal & warehousing	188	1,601	n/a	130	3,457	589	5,965
Information media & telecommunications	51	2,830	n/a	101	2,484	<1	5,466
Financial & insurance services	90	26,066	n/a	314	5,767	48	32,285
Rental, hiring & real estate services	99	3,336	n/a	77	2,109	12	5,632
Professional, scientific & technical services	1,518	4,646	n/a	543	11,304	38	18,049
Administrative & support services	181	825	n/a	103	4,145	<1	5,255
Public administration & safety	16	193	n/a	948	−11,351	2	−10,191
Education & training	86	250	n/a	142	333	<1	811
Health care & social assistance	3,530	1,397	n/a	73	−2,931	<1	2,068
Arts & recreation services	149	571	n/a	45	1,304	<1	2,070
Other services	272	460	n/a	70	1,888	4	2,694
Other	138	279	n/a	16	414	1	847
Industry total	8,029	75,665	n/a	4,082	57,173	24,508	169,457
Other income tax	184,047	n/a	18,183	n/a	n/a	n/a	202,230
Total ATO collections	192,076	75,665	18,183	4,082	57,173	24,508	371,688
Department of Home AffairsExternal Link collections	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,486	43	3,529
Total collections	192,076	75,665	18,183	4,082	60,659	24,551	375,217

In this table:

• Industry is based on the industry codes reported on tax returns and the Australian Business Register
• Other includes entities not recorded in above groups
• Mining includes all petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT)
• Public administration and safety includes FBT from Australian Government departments
• Other income tax includes non-business income tax for individuals, such as tax on salary and wages, or tax on investments only and all super fund income tax.

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2008–09 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Chart 3: Tax liabilities by source, 2016–17 income year

To access the data for this chart, as well as similar data back to the 2009–10 income year, download Snapshot table 5External Link from data.gov.au.

Snapshot detailed tables

Table 1External Link: Individual income tax rates, 1950–51 to 2016–17 income years

An overview of the historical tax rates, rebates, offsets and thresholds that relate to individuals each year.

Table 2External Link: Company income tax rates, 2000–01 to 2016–17 income years

An overview of tax rates that applied to various types of companies each year.

Table 3External Link: Selected taxation items by broad industry

• Key items for all entities relating to the 2016–17 income year
• Other key items relating to the 2017–18 financial year

Table 4External Link: Data for all tables shown on ato.gov.au

Table 5External Link: Data for all charts shown on ato.gov.au

Table 6External Link: Number of entities, by entity type, for income years 1958–59 to 2016–17

Table 7External Link: Key individuals statistics, by state/territory, 2016–17 income year

Table 7A shows key individuals statistics, Australia wide.

Table 7B shows top and bottom 10 postcodes, based on average taxable income, by state/territory.

Table 7C shows top 10 occupations, based on average taxable income, by state/territory.

Table 7D shows taxable income statistics, by state/territory and postcode.

Table 7E shows median and average taxable income, salary or wage income, and total income, by occupation unit group and state/territory.