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In 2000-01, there were 238,359 Tasmanian individual tax returns lodged. Of these, 188,098 (78.9% of returns) were taxable, i.e. where an amount of net tax was charged (gross taxes less rebates and credits plus Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge). A further 50,261 (21.1%) returns were non-taxable, i.e. where no amount of net tax was charged.

The average taxable income of Tasmanians was $28,080, compared to $32,593 for Australians as a whole. Average net tax paid by Tasmanian taxpayers amounted to $7,331 compared to $9,342 paid by all Australians.

INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS, Selected characteristics - 2000-01(a)
	Units	Tasmania	Australia
Taxable returns	no.	188,098	8,351,250
Non-taxable returns	no.	50,261	1,922,229
Total	no.	238,359	10,273,479
Average taxable income(b)	$	28,080	32,593
Average net tax(c)	$	7,331	9,342
(a) Sourced from individual income tax returns and associated business and professional items schedules processed by 31 October 2002. The statistics are not necessarily complete. (b) Average taxable income is for taxable and non-taxable returns combined and is calculated before rounding. (c) Calculated using taxable returns only. Source: Australian Taxation Office, Income Tax Data.