Hundreds of big firms paid no tax in 2021-22

Large corporate companies paid $83.8 billion worth of tax in the 2021-22 financial year. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia recorded its highest company tax take in eight years as the economy bounced back from the pandemic but more than 800 big firms did not pay any.

A total of 831 large corporates - a third of the 2713 tracked in the annual Australian Taxation Office tax transparency report - paid nothing in the 2021-22 financial year.