How much tax does the government collect?
Tax, measured on an accrual basis was $121.7 billion (The Treasury (New Zealand), 2024/25).
Updated
Tax revenue of the core Crown on an accrual basis, from 1994. Treasury notes that pre-1994 tax receipts are on a cash basis with different reporting-entity coverage, so they are published separately.
Not strictly comparable with the pre-1994 cash "tax receipts" series (different basis and coverage). Total tax only; tax by type (income tax, GST, company tax) needs a separate source.
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Read the period beside each number before comparing it with another figure. A monthly observation, a quarterly result and a financial year cover different spans of time. The latest release can also revise earlier observations. The chart and downloads keep the published periods so you can check which figures are being compared. A change in tax describes what happened during that period; it does not by itself explain why it happened or identify the effect of a government policy. Definitions and coverage matter as much as the size of a change.
Tax was $120,566 million in 2023/24, a year earlier.
The earliest observation on the same basis was $47,468 million in 2004/05.
Tax: definitions
Tax revenue of the core Crown on an accrual basis, from 1994. Treasury notes that pre-1994 tax receipts are on a cash basis with different reporting-entity coverage, so they are published separately.
- Not strictly comparable with the pre-1994 cash "tax receipts" series (different basis and coverage).
- Total tax only; tax by type (income tax, GST, company tax) needs a separate source.
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| Period | Core Crown tax revenue ($m) |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | $121,698 million |
| 2023/24 | $120,566 million |
| 2022/23 | $112,358 million |
| 2021/22 | $108,458 million |
| 2020/21 | $97,983 million |
| 2019/20 | $85,102 million |
| 2018/19 | $86,468 million |
| 2017/18 | $80,224 million |
| 2016/17 | $75,644 million |
| 2015/16 | $70,445 million |
| 2014/15 | $66,636 million |
| 2013/14 | $61,563 million |
| 2012/13 | $58,651 million |
| 2011/12 | $55,081 million |
| 2010/11 | $51,557 million |
| 2009/10 | $50,744 million |
| 2008/09 | $54,681 million |
| 2007/08 | $56,747 million |
| 2006/07 | $53,477 million |
| 2005/06 | $50,973 million |
Fiscal years. Year ended 31 March to 1989, year ended 30 June from 1990 (the April–June 1989 quarter falls between the two).. Source: The Treasury (New Zealand). Lines break at basis changes and missing periods.
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