An active customer is a customer with any registered activity within a specific period, or a salary and wage earner whose only relationship with Inland Revenue is having PAYE deducted and paid on their behalf within a specific period.
Geographical allocation is based on registration with Inland Revenue district offices, not on the customer's address. 'Corporates' offices are for customers not allocated to any specific area.
Limitations of the data
Figures for 2017 are provisional, hence they are not shown on the chart.
Tax statistics include only data collected by Inland Revenue.
Some numbers in the tables are rounded, which means the totals are not always consistent with the sums across the corresponding categories.
Tax statistics are dynamic and are continuously updated due to return filing processes. The data is correct as of the date of extraction.