7.3 Total government revenue from federal tobacco excise and state and territorial licence fees

Over the late 1980s and early 1990s, licence fee increases were the major cause of overall price increases for tobacco products.(40) Increases in state and territorial licence fees resulted in considerable real increases in state and territorial income from this source, in contrast to the real decline in federal income.

Table 7.8: Federal and state/territorial revenue arising from excise duty and tobacco licencing fees, 1975-1994

Year ending June 30
Federal excise revenue ($000)
Total state/territorial revenue ($000)

1975
472,914
2,496

1976
541,537
40,922

1977
561,310
70,533

1978
559,228
77,890

1979
653,409
88,209

1980
703,214
98,223

1981
706,812
105,968

1982
724,410
120,374

1983
794,039
138,906

1984
856,245
241,386

1985
889,017
290,908

1986
961,072
348,880

1987
1,009,203
410,025

1988
1,091,776
435,583

1989
1,145,787
548,297

1990
1,262,427
788,323

1991
1,274,043
916,050

1992
1,330,578
1,057,781

1993
1,299,711
1,568,203

1994
1,347,842
1,971,223

1995
1,509,058
2,067,000 15a

1996
1,600,504
2,621,000 15a

1997
1,692,188
2,855,684 15b

1998a
n/a
2,248,330 15b

1998b
1,655,000
2,496,900 15c

1999
1,528,000
3,213,600

2000
1,740,000
3,332,200

Note: n/a = estimate not available
Source: Australian Tobacco Marketing Advisory Council Annual Report 1994, Appendices O and Q 16
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Taxation Revenue, Australia 1996-97, Cat No 5506.0 Canberra 8 December 1997. 38
Victorian Office of Revenue Compilations, 1997 39
Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1997-98, AGPS 18 September 1998 43
Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1998-99
Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1999-2000, Part IV, Federal Financial Relations, www.budget.gov.au/finaloutcome.

Table 7.8: Federal and state/territorial revenue arising from excise duty and tobacco licencing fees, 1975-1994
Year ending June 30	Federal excise revenue ($000)	Total state/territorial revenue ($000)
1975	472,914	2,496
1976	541,537	40,922
1977	561,310	70,533
1978	559,228	77,890
1979	653,409	88,209
1980	703,214	98,223
1981	706,812	105,968
1982	724,410	120,374
1983	794,039	138,906
1984	856,245	241,386
1985	889,017	290,908
1986	961,072	348,880
1987	1,009,203	410,025
1988	1,091,776	435,583
1989	1,145,787	548,297
1990	1,262,427	788,323
1991	1,274,043	916,050
1992	1,330,578	1,057,781
1993	1,299,711	1,568,203
1994	1,347,842	1,971,223
1995	1,509,058	2,067,000 15a
1996	1,600,504	2,621,000 15a
1997	1,692,188	2,855,684 15b
1998a	n/a	2,248,330 15b
1998b	1,655,000	2,496,900 15c
1999	1,528,000	3,213,600
2000	1,740,000	3,332,200
Note: n/a = estimate not available Source: Australian Tobacco Marketing Advisory Council Annual Report 1994, Appendices O and Q 16 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Taxation Revenue, Australia 1996-97, Cat No 5506.0 Canberra 8 December 1997. 38 Victorian Office of Revenue Compilations, 1997 39 Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1997-98, AGPS 18 September 1998 43 Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1998-99 Australian Government. Final Budget Outcomes 1999-2000, Part IV, Federal Financial Relations, www.budget.gov.au/finaloutcome.