Pay as you go liabilities or payments are taken from activity statements for the most recent financial year.
Pay as you go summary tables
Table 18: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2019–20 to 2021–22 financial years
Entity type 
 | 
Entities  no. 2019–20 
 | 
PAYG withholding  $m 2019–20 
 | 
Entities  no. 2020–21 
 | 
PAYG withholding  $m 2020–21 
 | 
Entities  no. 2021–22 
 | 
PAYG withholding  $m 2021–22 
 | 
Individuals 
 | 
95,623 
 | 
996 
 | 
95,739 
 | 
995 
 | 
86,623 
 | 
936 
 | 
Companies 
 | 
601,466 
 | 
157,920 
 | 
620,600 
 | 
161,391 
 | 
623,105 
 | 
175,760 
 | 
Partnerships 
 | 
58,922 
 | 
2,377 
 | 
54,959 
 | 
2,385 
 | 
47,936 
 | 
2,446 
 | 
Trusts 
 | 
190,414 
 | 
16,100 
 | 
188,763 
 | 
16,285 
 | 
178,076 
 | 
17,353 
 | 
Super funds 
 | 
2,706 
 | 
1,331 
 | 
1,490 
 | 
1,180 
 | 
1,184 
 | 
1,236 
 | 
Government 
 | 
3,247 
 | 
37,029 
 | 
3,195 
 | 
41,189 
 | 
3,198 
 | 
41,970 
 | 
Total 
 | 
952,378 
 | 
215,753 
 | 
964,746 
 | 
223,424 
 | 
940,122 
 | 
239,701 
 | 
Download data from the 2006–07 financial year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.
Table 19: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2019–20 to 2021–22 financial years
Entity type 
 | 
Entities  no. 2019–20 
 | 
PAYG instalments  $m 2019–20 
 | 
Entities  no. 2020–21 
 | 
PAYG instalments  $m 2020–21 
 | 
Entities  no. 2021–22 
 | 
PAYG instalments  $m 2021–22 
 | 
Individuals 
 | 
1,515,805 
 | 
21,839 
 | 
1,633,582 
 | 
22,420 
 | 
1,703,736 
 | 
24,455 
 | 
Companies 
 | 
405,958 
 | 
72,277 
 | 
447,956 
 | 
79,787 
 | 
470,727 
 | 
94,464 
 | 
Trusts 
 | 
5,030 
 | 
134 
 | 
5,615 
 | 
129 
 | 
5,679 
 | 
152 
 | 
Super funds 
 | 
235,422 
 | 
10,443 
 | 
239,937 
 | 
12,161 
 | 
252,847 
 | 
17,048 
 | 
Total 
 | 
2,162,215 
 | 
104,692 
 | 
2,327,090 
 | 
114,497 
 | 
2,432,989 
 | 
136,119 
 | 
Download data from the 2007–08 financial year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.
Pay as you go detailed tables
Table 1External Link: PAYG withholding, by broad industry, entity type and type of withholder, 2010–11 to 2021–22 financial years
Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2021–22 financial years