1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2012
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 24/05/2012
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TAXATION REVENUE
A distinctive feature of the Australian federal system is that the Commonwealth (Australian) Government levies and collects all income tax, from individuals as well as from enterprises. The Commonwealth Government also collects taxes on the provision of goods and services, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST), taxes on the use of goods and performance of activities, and some taxes on employers' payrolls. The taxation revenue base of state and territory governments consists of taxes on property, employers' payrolls and the provision and use of goods and services such as taxes on gambling and insurance. The sole source of taxation revenue for local governments is taxes on property.
Total taxation revenue for all levels of government collected in Australia in 2009–10 was $332.6 billion, a decrease of 2% compared with 2008–09 (table 28.9). Taxes on income decreased $14.4 billion (7%) while taxes on property increased $4.0 billion (14%) and taxes on provision of goods and services increased $3.8 billion (5%). Taxes on income represented 56% of total taxation revenue in 2009-10 for all levels of government and taxes on provision of goods and services, including the goods and services tax (GST), represented 27%.
Commonwealth Government taxation revenue (including taxes received from other levels of government and public corporations) fell 4% from $278.0 billion in 2008–09 to $267.2 billion in 2009–10. In 2009–10, Commonwealth taxation revenue represented 80% of taxation revenue for all levels of government.
State and territory government taxation revenue (including taxes from other levels of government and public corporations) increased 8% from $50.6 billion in 2008–09 to $54.5 billion in 2009–10. This was driven by a 19% increase in taxes on property bringing the level close to that of 2007–08. Taxes on property were the largest source of taxation revenue (37%) for state and territory governments in 2009–10, followed by employers' payroll taxes at 31%. The revenue base of state and territory governments is supplemented by the distribution of grants from the Commonwealth Government, which includes the allocation of GST revenue.
Australian residents paid an average of $15,005 for all taxes in 2009–10, a decrease of 4% compared with 2008–09 (table 28.10). The average amount of Commonwealth Government taxation per person fell by 6% from $12,793 in 2008–09 to $12,053 in 2009–10. Total state, territory and local government taxes per person averaged $2,976 a year in 2009–10, an increase of 5% compared with 2008–09.