TAXATION REVENUE KEY FIGURES


A feature of the Australian federal system is that the Commonwealth Government levies and collects all income tax, from individuals as well as from enterprises. It also collects a portion of other taxes, including taxes on the provision of goods and services. The revenue base of state governments consists of taxes on property, on employers' payroll, and on the provision and use of goods and services. The sole source of taxation revenue for local governments is taxes on property.

Total taxation revenue collected in Australia increased $18,766m (5%) from $415,119m in 2012–13 to $433,885m in 2013–14. Over the same period, taxes on income increased $6,705m (3%), while taxes on taxes on provision of goods and services increased $6,605m (7%) and taxes on property increased $4,518m (13%). In 2013–14, taxes on income represented 57% of total taxation revenue for all levels of government and taxes on provision of goods and services, including the goods and services tax (GST), represented 24%.

TOTAL TAXATION REVENUE
	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	200 997	186 660	204 546	230 871	241 728	248 448
Employers' payroll taxes	377	507	505	528	646	844
Taxes on property	16	12	13	13	13	13
Taxes on provision of goods and services	75 141	78 865	81 788	83 377	85 999	92 470
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	1 829	1 635	2 268	2 752	9 900	9 747
Total taxation revenue	278 361	267 678	289 120	317 541	338 287	351 522
STATE GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	–	–	–	–	–	–
Employers' payroll taxes	16 927	16 797	17 987	19 779	20 796	21 377
Taxes on property	16 996	20 278	21 035	20 368	21 966	26 044
Taxes on provision of goods and services	9 602	9 721	10 251	10 834	11 074	11 208
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	7 282	7 968	9 121	8 968	9 741	10 091
Total taxation revenue	50 807	54 764	58 395	59 950	63 577	68 720
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	–	–	–	–	–	–
Employers' payroll taxes	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taxes on property	10 896	11 607	12 449	13 202	14 027	14 738
Taxes on provision of goods and services	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total taxation revenue	10 896	11 607	12 449	13 202	14 027	14 738
ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	200 994	186 650	204 537	230 847	241 733	248 438
Employers' payroll taxes	16 784	16 751	17 914	19 692	20 773	21 519
Taxes on property	27 866	31 868	33 467	33 550	35 974	40 492
Taxes on provision of goods and services	84 743	88 586	92 039	94 211	97 073	103 678
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	9 052	9 536	11 326	11 670	19 565	19 757
Total taxation revenue	339 440	333 391	359 282	389 970	415 119	433 885
– nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT TAXATION REVENUE

Commonwealth Government taxation revenue (including taxes received from other levels of government and public corporations) increased $13,235m (4%) from $338,287m in 2012–13 to $351,522m in 2013–14. In 2013–14, Commonwealth taxation revenue represented 81% of taxation revenue for all levels of government. The following graph shows the level of taxation revenue for the two main sources of taxation revenue for the Commonwealth Government.




STATE GOVERNMENT TAXATION REVENUE

State government taxation revenue (including taxes received from other levels of government and public corporations) increased $5,143m (8%) from $63,577m in 2012–13 to $68,720m in 2013–14. This was driven by a $4,078m (19%) increase in property taxes, a $581m (3%) increase in employers' payroll taxes, and a $350m (4%) increase in taxes on use of goods and performance of activities. Taxes on property was the largest source of taxation revenue (38%) for state governments in 2013–14, followed by employers' payroll taxes (31%). The following graph shows the level of taxation revenue for state governments by source.




LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION REVENUE

Local government taxation revenue increased $711m (5%) from $14,027m in 2012–13 to $14,738m in 2013–14.


TAXATION REVENUE AUSTRALIA

This publication contains statistics of taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia for the periods 2004-05 to 2013-14. The taxation revenue statistics presented are for the general government sector and include taxes received from public corporations (i.e. government owned/controlled corporations).

Time series of these data are available on the ABS website.

This publication contains a section on adjusted measures of government revenue, which provides analytical measures designed to facilitate an understanding of the level of government at which revenue is used rather than collected.

CHANGES TO DATA CUBE FORMAT

Some minor table formatting changes to the data cube have been introduced with the release of this publication as indicated in the December Quarter 2014 release of Government Finance Statistics 5519.0.55.001. The changes include the insertion of blank lines, formatting emphasis changes and clearer 'total' and 'sub-total' item descriptions to improve readability. Users who extract data from the data cube tables using Excel formulas or by other computerised means should review and adjust their processes as necessary. Some row numbers have changed.

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