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 $23,283m (5.0%) from $465,216m in 2015-16 to $488,499m in 2016-17. This was driven by a $16,030m (6.0%) increase in taxes on income and a $2,971m (2.7%) increase in taxes on provision of goods and services. In 2016-17, taxes on income represented 57.6% 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 23.2%.

TOTAL TAXATION REVENUE, By Level of government
	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	230 869	241 797	248 435	258 610	265 116	281 157
Employers' payroll taxes	528	646	844	735	670	605
Taxes on property	13	13	15	15	15	15
Taxes on provision of goods and services	83 377	85 999	92 470	93 120	98 301	101 120
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	3 199	10 170	10 574	3 661	6 289	6 900
Total taxation revenue	317 986	338 625	352 338	356 141	370 392	389 797
STATE GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employers' payroll taxes	19 779	20 786	21 366	22 041	22 684	23 194
Taxes on property	20 398	21 999	26 077	29 499	33 006	35 151
Taxes on provision of goods and services	10 860	11 186	10 951	11 408	11 883	12 036
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	8 968	9 752	10 103	10 825	11 524	11 875
Total taxation revenue	60 005	63 722	68 498	73 774	79 097	82 255
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Taxes on income	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employers' payroll taxes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taxes on property	13 202	14 027	14 870	15 779	16 620	17 418
Taxes on provision of goods and services	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total taxation revenue	13 202	14 027	14 870	15 779	16 620	17 418
ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
Taxes on income	230 845	241 802	248 425	258 605	265 111	281 141
Employers' payroll taxes	19 692	20 763	21 508	22 032	22 590	23 003
Taxes on property	33 580	36 007	40 920	45 248	49 593	52 533
Taxes on provision of goods and services	94 237	97 185	103 421	104 528	110 184	113 155
Taxes on use of goods and performance of activities	12 117	19 845	20 590	14 420	17 737	18 666
Total taxation revenue	390 470	415 602	434 864	444 833	465 216	488 499
- 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 $19,405m (5.2%) from $370,392m in 2015-16 to $389,797m in 2016-17. In 2016-17, Commonwealth taxation revenue represented 79.8% 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 $3,158m (4.0%) from $79,097m in 2015-16 to $82,255m in 2016-17. This was driven by a $2,145m (6.5%) increase in property taxes, a $510m (2.2%) increase in employers' payroll taxes and a $351m (3.0%) increase in taxes on use of goods and performance of activities. Taxes on property was the largest source of taxation revenue (42.7%) for state governments in 2016-17, followed by employers' payroll taxes (28.2%). The following graph shows the level of taxation revenue for state governments by source.



LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION REVENUE

Local government taxation revenue increased $798m (4.8%) from $16,620m in 2015-16 to $17,418m in 2016-17.


TAXATION REVENUE AUSTRALIA

This publication contains statistics of taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia for the periods 2007-08 to 2016-17. 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.


TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO VISA APPLICATION CHARGES

In December 2015, the Commonwealth Government released the 2015-16 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) which included a reclassification of visa application charges (VAC). These charges are treated as taxation revenue, rather than sales of goods and services, for all periods from 1 July 2015 onwards to reflect a change in the nature of this revenue item. The National Accounts statistics will continue to classify this transaction as sales of goods and services until the 2017-18 annual is released.


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