Australian Taxation Statistics for Individuals and Entities

2022-23 data provides an overview of income and tax status for Australian individuals, companies, partnerships, trusts, and funds. The dataset offers a cross-sectional view of the Australian tax system for that financial year, with a historical entry also noted for 2011-12. It is published by the Australian Taxation Office and available in multiple tabular and geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing income distribution across different taxpayer categories (individuals, companies, trusts).
• Modeling tax revenue contributions from various business structures (partnerships, super funds).
• Mapping regional economic activity using geospatial tax data components.
• Comparing tax statistics across financial years (e.g., 2022-23 vs. 2011-12).

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative source, the Australian Taxation Office.
• Available under permissive Creative Commons licenses (CC-BY).
• Covers multiple taxpayer entity types (individuals, companies, partnerships, trusts, funds).
• Offered in multiple accessible formats, including CSV, Excel, and geospatial types.

Limitations

• Column names and detailed schema are not provided in the available metadata.
• Conflicting license information is present (CC-BY-4.0 and CC-BY-2.5 noted for the same dataset).
• Row counts and dataset size are unspecified, limiting assessment of scale.

Provenance

Source

Australian Taxation Office

Collection Method

Administrative data collection from tax returns and filings.

Time Range

2011-12 to 2022-23

Freshness

2026-04-21 01:54:24.905042

Geography

Australia