Taxation Statistics 2012-13

##### Abstract Taxation Statistics data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows income and tax details for Australians during the financial year. It summarises how much people earned and the tax they paid. This data is a subset of the Taxation Statistics 2012-13 dataset. It includes selected information reported by individuals for each postcode. Postcodes with less than 50 individuals lodging returns are excluded. The dataset includes information sourced from: * individual income tax returns * superannuation member contribution statements Taxation Statistics 2012-13 is a national dataset and the ATO's key statistical report. It includes information sourced from: * the income tax returns of individuals, companies, super funds, partnerships and trusts * schedules for rental properties, capital gains tax (CGT) and international dealings * annual returns for fringe benefits tax (FBT) and goods and services tax (GST) * business activity statements (BAS) and instalment activity statements (IAS) * superannuation member contribution statements (MCS) * other information reported to the ATO in relation to excise, the pay as you go (PAYG) system, and charitable institutions Previous versions of this dataset are available on the Australian Government open government data portal [data.gov.au] ##### Currency Date published: 08 April 2015 Date updated: 11 August 2023 Modification frequency: As needed ##### Data extent Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) Spatial extent North: -9.1° South: -44.2° East: 159.1° West: 96.8° ##### Source information Data and Metadata are available from [Taxation Statistics 2012-13 - Dataset - data.gov.au] The data was obtained from the Australian Taxation Office. Catalogue entry: [Taxation Statistics 2012-13 - Dataset - Data.gov.au] ##### Lineage statement This layer was put together using two datasets. Australian taxation and income data provided by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), was joined to the 2011 Postal Areas (POA) shapefile provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Postal areas Postal Areas are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of a general definition of postcodes. They enable comparison of ABS data with other data collected using postcodes as the geographic reference. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries exactly and should only be used for statistical purposes. Data and geography references * Source data publication: [Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2011] * Further information: [Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2011 – Explanatory Notes] * Source: [Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)] Data preparation The CSV was joined to the POA geographies using the 4 digit postcode. For the CSV, it was exported as a file geodatabase and a new field had to be generated where the postcodes were entered as text data to maintain the leading zeroes. The new text postcode field was then joined to the ABS POA_Name field. All data manipulations, joins, and spatial operations were performed using ArcGIS Pro 3.4.3. Data loss: The taxation statistics CSV and corresponding ABS data have the following record counts: ──────────────────────────────┬───────────────── File Name │Number of Records ──────────────────────────────┼───────────────── averagetaxableincome201213.csv│2563 ──────────────────────────────┼───────────────── POA_2011_AUST.shp │2516 ──────────────────────────────┴───────────────── ##### Data dictionary ──────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────── Attribute name │Description ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────── Postcodes │The postcode affiliated with that area ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────── Area square kilometres│The area in square kilometres of the postcode ──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────── Average taxable income│The average taxable income of the postcode ──────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────── ##### Contact Australian Taxation Office, [taxstats@ato.gov.au]