Total taxes paid across all levels of government up 4.7 per cent to $839bn

Australians paid $839bn in taxes across all levels of government for the latest financial year, up 4.7 per cent.

Revealed on Tuesday, three weeks before the federal budget, the total tax take added an extra $37.4bn to Australia’s coffers compared with the previous financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The $839bn collected in the 2024-25 financial year represents the smallest year-on-year increase in five years when the Covid-19 pandemic began and total taxes paid actually decreased.

The total Commonwealth income tax bill levied on individuals ticked up by less than $7bn to $347.1bn, again the smallest increase by a stretch for the past four years.

Following a decline last year, revenue from company taxes rose 8.2 per cent.

Australians paid an additional 6.3 per cent in council rates last year, while land taxes spiked 10.1 per cent.

Measured to the year ending June 30, 2025, inflation at that stage was running at 2.1 per cent.

Victorians are the most taxed citizens, paying per person $6605 – $222 more than NSW. West Australians pay $452 more tax than Queenslanders, and Northern Territorians pay the least per capita.