PAYG withholding data

Returns the ATO's Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding data: employer counts, total withholding amounts, and employee counts by industry and state. Used by researchers studying labour market taxation, wage growth, and employer compliance.

Usage

ato_payg(year = "latest")

Source

Australian Taxation Office PAYG withholding data on data.gov.au. Licensed CC BY 2.5 AU.

Arguments

year

Income year in "YYYY-YY" form (e.g. "2022-23") or "latest".

Value

An ato_tbl. Monetary values in nominal AUD.

See also

Other discovery: ato_catalog(), ato_charities(), ato_cite(), ato_download(), ato_excise(), ato_fbt(), ato_help(), ato_irpd(), ato_rdti(), ato_sme_benchmarks(), ato_tax_gaps(), ato_top_taxpayers(), ato_vttc()

Examples

# \donttest{
op <- options(ato.cache_dir = tempdir())
try({
  payg <- ato_payg(year = "2022-23")
  head(payg)
})
#> Error in ato_payg(year = "2022-23") : 
#>   Could not find a PAYG withholding package on data.gov.au.
#> ℹ Browse: <https://data.gov.au/data/organization/australiantaxationoffice>
options(op)
# }