Tax receipts (cash): NZ data and downloads
Tax receipts (cash) was $121,183 million in 2024/25, up $5,141 million on a year earlier.
Updated
Source: The Treasury (New Zealand). Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
Tax receipts (cash), $m, Year to Mar 1972 to 2024/25
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| Period | Tax receipts (cash) ($m) |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | $121,183 million |
| 2023/24 | $116,042 million |
| 2022/23 | $110,786 million |
| 2021/22 | $102,712 million |
| 2020/21 | $95,382 million |
| 2019/20 | $83,156 million |
| 2018/19 | $83,017 million |
| 2017/18 | $78,566 million |
| 2016/17 | $73,099 million |
| 2015/16 | $69,027 million |
| 2014/15 | $64,945 million |
| 2013/14 | $59,853 million |
| 2012/13 | $56,413 million |
| 2011/12 | $53,582 million |
| 2010/11 | $50,418 million |
| 2009/10 | $50,104 million |
| 2008/09 | $51,119 million |
| 2007/08 | $55,168 million |
| 2006/07 | $52,157 million |
| 2005/06 | $49,706 million |
2024/25Tax receipts (cash) $121,183 millionTreasury basis: PBE Standards
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: The Treasury (New Zealand).
Tax receipts (cash): NZ data and downloads: definitions
Tax actually received in cash each year, from 1972. Before 1994 these are cash receipts; from 1994 Treasury takes them from the core Crown net cash flow statement. For tax measured on an accrual basis (when it is earned rather than received), see tax.
Tax receipts (cash): NZ data and downloads: comparison limits
These affect how the figures can be compared.
- Treasury notes the series from 1994 is "not strictly comparable" with earlier years because the reporting entities covered differ, treat 1993/94 as a break.
- Between 1987 and 1993 receipts include GST paid on government purchases.
- The basis label on each year records the accounting framework of the year's financial statements; the measure itself is cash throughout.
Tax receipts (cash): NZ data and downloads: data by period
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | tax receipts (cash) | tax receipts (cash) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | $121,183 million | 27.8% of GDP |
| 2023/24 | $116,042 million | 27.6% of GDP |
| 2022/23 | $110,786 million | 27.6% of GDP |
| 2021/22 | $102,712 million | 28.1% of GDP |
| 2020/21 | $95,382 million | 27.8% of GDP |
| 2019/20 | $83,156 million | 26.2% of GDP |
| 2018/19 | $83,017 million | 26.8% of GDP |
| 2017/18 | $78,566 million | 26.6% of GDP |
| 2016/17 | $73,099 million | 26.5% of GDP |
| 2015/16 | $69,027 million | 26.7% of GDP |
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The attached CSV is tax receipts (cash) (tax-receipts), from The Treasury (New Zealand), Fiscal Time Series – Historical Fiscal Indicators. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Treasury notes the series from 1994 is "not strictly comparable" with earlier years because the reporting entities covered differ, treat 1993/94 as a break. Between 1987 and 1993 receipts include GST paid on government purchases. The basis label on each year records the accounting framework of the year's financial statements; the measure itself is cash throughout.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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- 10 October 2026