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 $18,587m (4.2%) from $446,137m in 2014-15 to $464,724m in 2015-16. This was driven by a $6,506m (2.5%) increase in taxes on income and a $5,656m (5.4%) increase in taxes on provision of goods and services. In 2015-16, taxes on income represented 57.0% 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 23.7%.

TOTAL TAXATION REVENUE, By Level of government
	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	204 546	230 869	241 797	248 435	258 610	265 116
Employers' payroll taxes	505	528	646	844	735	670
Taxes on property	13	13	13	15	15	15
Taxes on provision of goods and services	81 788	83 377	85 999	92 470	93 120	98 301
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	3 196	3 783	10 992	11 756	4 975	5 818
Total taxation revenue	290 047	318 570	339 448	353 519	357 455	369 921
STATE GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employers' payroll taxes	17 987	19 779	20 796	21 377	22 053	22 695
Taxes on property	21 035	20 368	21 966	26 044	29 465	32 966
Taxes on provision of goods and services	10 219	10 860	11 186	10 951	11 408	11 883
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	9 121	8 968	9 741	10 094	10 813	11 509
Total taxation revenue	58 363	59 976	63 689	68 465	73 739	79 053
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employers' payroll taxes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taxes on property	12 449	13 202	14 027	14 870	15 779	16 620
Taxes on provision of goods and services	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total taxation revenue	12 449	13 202	14 027	14 870	15 779	16 620
ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	204 537	230 845	241 802	248 425	258 605	265 111
Employers' payroll taxes	17 914	19 692	20 773	21 520	22 043	22 601
Taxes on property	33 467	33 550	35 974	40 906	45 238	49 578
Taxes on provision of goods and services	92 007	94 237	97 185	103 421	104 528	110 184
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	12 253	12 701	20 657	21 762	15 722	17 251
Total taxation revenue	360 178	391 025	416 392	436 034	446 137	464 724
- 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 $12,466m (3.5%) from $357,455m in 2014-15 to $369,921m in 2015-16. In 2015-16, Commonwealth taxation revenue represented 79.6% of taxation revenue for all levels of government. The following graph shows the level of taxation revenue for the three 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 $5,314m (7.2%) from $73,739m in 2014-15 to $79,053m in 2015-16. This was driven by a $3,501m (11.9%) increase in property taxes, a $696m (6.4%) increase in taxes on use of goods and performance of activities and a $642m (2.9%) increase in employers' payroll taxes. Taxes on property was the largest source of taxation revenue (41.7%) for state governments in 2015-16, followed by employers' payroll taxes (28.7%). The following graph shows the level of taxation revenue for state governments by source.



LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION REVENUE

Local government taxation revenue increased $841m (5.3%) from $15,779m in 2014-15 to $16,620m in 2015-16.


TAXATION REVENUE AUSTRALIA

This publication contains statistics of taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia for the periods 2006-07 to 2015-16. 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.


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