❓ WA Parliament Question on Notice regarding payroll tax collection in WA, requesting a breakdown of entities and tax collected by employer type and payroll size. The response provides data for the 2023-24 financial year.
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(1) Please advise the number of live payroll tax collection discrete entities in Western Australia as at 30 March 2025? ( Ie the aggregate number of entities that submit payroll tax returns): (a) Total Number of Local non-group employers; (b) Total Local group employers; (c) Total Interstate non - group; and (d) Total interstate group employers? (2) Please advise the aggregate payroll tax in AUD collected for each aforementioned category ie 1. (a) , 1 (b). 1 (c) and 1 (d) threshold increments: (a) $1,000,000-$1,100,000; (b) $1,100,001- $1,200,000; (c) $1,200,001-$1,300,000; (d) $1,300,001-$1,400,000; (e) $1,400,001-$1,500,000; (f) $1,500,001-$1,600,000; (g) $1,600,001-$1,700,000; (h) $1,700,001-$1,800,000; (i) $1,800,001-$1,900,000; (j) $1,900,001-$2,000,000; (k) $2,000,001-$2,100,000; (l) $2,101,000-$2,200,000; (m) $2,200,001-$2,300,000; (n) $2,300,001-$2,400,000; (o) $2,400,001 - $2,500,000; and (p) greater than $2,500,001?
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Answered
12 August 2025
Response time
5 days
Because payroll tax is an annual tax, declarations made during the year may be adjusted at the completion of the financial year. As such, accurate payroll tax data can only be provided annually, not quarterly or on a year-to-date basis.
Data cannot be provided for the 2024-25 financial year given it is incomplete.
The responses provided in 1 and 2 below therefore use 2023-24 data.
1.
Number of payroll tax paying entities & employers in 2023-24
a)
Total local non-group employers
6,068
b)
Total local group employers
4,388
c)
Total interstate non-group employers
5,489
d)
Total interstate group employers
7,070
Total employers
23,015
Total entities
16,518
2.
Entity annualised Australia-wide payroll thresholds
Aggregate payroll tax collected in 2023-24 from:
Local non-group employers
($)
Local group employers
($)
Interstate non-group employers
($)
Interstate group employers
($)
a)
$1,000,000 to $1,100,000
1,752,490
113,035
109,578
13,773
b)
$1,100,001 to $1,200,000
5,481,482
559,220
369,908
74,097
c)
$1,200,001 to $1,300,000
7,440,204
956,237
584,296
124,684
d)
$1,300,001 to $1,400,000
8,281,977
1,020,410
959,699
174,338
e)
$1,400,001 to $1,500,000
9,315,213
1,740,163
970,369
129,601
f)
$1,500,001 to $1,600,000
9,721,164
2,069,069
1,057,743
300,662
g)
$1,600,001 to $1,700,000
11,889,738
2,075,456
1,294,635
219,610
h)
$1,700,001 to $1,800,000
10,272,863
2,028,740
1,277,978
363,345
i)
$1,800,001 to $1,900,000
11,326,910
2,646,860
1,285,723
477,221
j)
$1,900,001 to $2,000,000
9,823,908
1,913,670
1,242,425
409,757
k)
$2,000,001 to $2,100,000
10,694,895
2,355,595
1,486,388
739,024
l)
$2,100,001 to $2,200,000
10,011,176
2,400,408
1,582,144
447,702
m)
$2,200,001 to $2,300,000
9,600,054
2,396,195
1,367,707
605,901
n)
$2,300,001 to $2,400,000
10,648,403
2,672,845
1,735,229
871,402
o)
$2,400,001 to $2,500,000
10,222,889
2,272,811
2,126,261
412,090
p)
$2,500,001 and over
712,602,152
848,422,191
581,818,622
3,098,435,962
Data cannot be provided for the 2024-25 financial year given it is incomplete.
The responses provided in 1 and 2 below therefore use 2023-24 data.
1.
Number of payroll tax paying entities & employers in 2023-24
a)
Total local non-group employers
6,068
b)
Total local group employers
4,388
c)
Total interstate non-group employers
5,489
d)
Total interstate group employers
7,070
Total employers
23,015
Total entities
16,518
2.
Entity annualised Australia-wide payroll thresholds
Aggregate payroll tax collected in 2023-24 from:
Local non-group employers
($)
Local group employers
($)
Interstate non-group employers
($)
Interstate group employers
($)
a)
$1,000,000 to $1,100,000
1,752,490
113,035
109,578
13,773
b)
$1,100,001 to $1,200,000
5,481,482
559,220
369,908
74,097
c)
$1,200,001 to $1,300,000
7,440,204
956,237
584,296
124,684
d)
$1,300,001 to $1,400,000
8,281,977
1,020,410
959,699
174,338
e)
$1,400,001 to $1,500,000
9,315,213
1,740,163
970,369
129,601
f)
$1,500,001 to $1,600,000
9,721,164
2,069,069
1,057,743
300,662
g)
$1,600,001 to $1,700,000
11,889,738
2,075,456
1,294,635
219,610
h)
$1,700,001 to $1,800,000
10,272,863
2,028,740
1,277,978
363,345
i)
$1,800,001 to $1,900,000
11,326,910
2,646,860
1,285,723
477,221
j)
$1,900,001 to $2,000,000
9,823,908
1,913,670
1,242,425
409,757
k)
$2,000,001 to $2,100,000
10,694,895
2,355,595
1,486,388
739,024
l)
$2,100,001 to $2,200,000
10,011,176
2,400,408
1,582,144
447,702
m)
$2,200,001 to $2,300,000
9,600,054
2,396,195
1,367,707
605,901
n)
$2,300,001 to $2,400,000
10,648,403
2,672,845
1,735,229
871,402
o)
$2,400,001 to $2,500,000
10,222,889
2,272,811
2,126,261
412,090
p)
$2,500,001 and over
712,602,152
848,422,191
581,818,622
3,098,435,962
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