The following abbreviations have been used in this publication
| $'000 | thousand dollars |
| $b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| ABSMP | Australian Bureau of Statistics maintained population |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATOMP | Australian Taxation Office maintained population |
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| BIT | business income tax |
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| EASTAX | combined EAS and ATO business income tax data |
| f.o.b. | free on board |
| GFCF | gross fixed capital formation |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| IVA | industry value added |
| mfg | manufacturing |
| MU | management unit |
| n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
| no. | number |
| OPBT | operating profit before tax |
| PAYGW | pay-as-you-go withholding |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SIS | Service Industry Survey |
| SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
| TAU | type of activity unit |
| TNTS | The New Tax System |