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Tax time lodgment statistics

Tax time lodgment statistics as at 30 July 2026.

Last updated 6 August 2026

As at 30 July 2026, we have received over 3.8 million individual tax return lodgments for 2026 – which is a 2% decrease compared with the same time last year.

Of these lodgments:

  • over 2.4 million were lodged by self-preparers
  • over 1.2 million were lodged by tax agents
  • over 93,000 were push returns.

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