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creates space to wrap around helpguyThe Tax Policy Center estimates the revenue and distributional impact of tax proposals using a state-of-the-art microsimulation model of the federal tax system. Our searchable database includes distribution tables that show how proposals alter tax liabilities and after-tax income, by dollar income class and by percentiles of the income distribution. We also periodically estimate the distribution of various federal taxes under current law, show how recent tax changes have altered that distribution, and examine other important issues such as the impact of the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) and the distribution of the estate tax under current law and alternative policy options. A description of the tax model’s methodology and help interpreting the tables can be found in the Related Resources links.


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Revenue and Distributional Effects of 2008 Presidential Candidate Tax Plans
Revenue and distribution tables for the tax plans put forth by Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

Revenue and Distributional Effects of Proposed Economic Stimulus Packages
These tables from the Tax Policy Center show the revenue impact and distributional consequences of various economic stimulus packages under consideration for 2008.


Recent Estimates from TPC

-  T08-0212 - Change in Tax Liability Under the Presidential Candidate Tax Plans: Advisors' Version for Representative Elderly Families, Assuming Current-Law Nonitemizers Do Not Have Mortgages, 2009 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Representative Families - Other Tables - 2009 (August 25, 2008)
2009 Change in individual income and corporate tax liability for representative elderly families under each of the two presidential candidate's proposals.

-  T08-0211 - Change in Tax Liability Under the Presidential Candidate Tax Plans: Advisors' Versions for Representative Married Families Filing Joint Returns, Assuming Current-Law Nonitemizers Do Not Have Mortgages, 2009 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Representative Families - Other Tables - 2009 (August 25, 2008)
2009 Change in individual income and corporate tax liability for representative married nonelderly families under each of the two presidential candidate's proposals.

-  T08-0210 - Change in Tax Liability Under the Presidential Candidate Tax Plans: Advisors' Versions for Representative Nonelderly Single and Head of Household Families Assuming Current-Law Nonitemizers Do Not Have Mortgages, 2009 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Representative Families - Other Tables - 2009 (August 25, 2008)
2009 Change in individual income and corporate tax liability for representative unmarried nonelderly families under each of the two presidential candidate's proposals.

-  T08-0209 - Options to Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Impact on Tax Revenue (billions of $), 2009-18 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Low-Income Families and Children - Revenue Tables - 2009 (August 22, 2008)
This table shows the incremental impact on tax revenue of various options to expand the child and dependent care tax credit.

-  T08-0208 - Distribution of Tax Units with Zero or Negative Individual Income Tax Liability by Cash Income Level, 2009 - Current Law - - Other Tables - 2009 (August 15, 2008)
This table shows the distribution, by cash income level, or tax units that have zero or negative individual income tax liability in 2009 under current law.

-  T08-0207 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Tax Cuts Extended Baseline, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2012 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Alternative Minimum Tax - Distribution Tables by Percentile - 2012 (August 14, 2008)
The 2012 distribution of federal tax change, by cash income percentile, of Senator Barack Obama's tax proposals as described by his economic advisers. The federal tax change is compared to a tax cuts extended baseline.

-  T08-0206 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Tax Cuts Extended Baseline, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Level, 2012 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Alternative Minimum Tax - Distribution Tables by Dollar Income Class - 2012 (August 14, 2008)
The 2012 distribution of federal tax change, by cash income level, of Senator Barack Obama's tax proposals as described by his economic advisers. The federal tax change is compared to a tax cuts extendend baseline.

-  T08-0205 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Economic Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2012 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Alternative Minimum Tax - Distribution Tables by Percentile - 2012 (August 14, 2008)
The 2012 distribution of federal tax change, by cash income percentile, of Senator Barack Obama's tax proposals as described by his economic advisers.

-  T08-0204 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Economic Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Level, 2012 - - - Distribution Tables by Dollar Income Class - 2012 (August 14, 2008)
The 2012 distribution of federal tax change, by cash income level, of Senator Barack Obama's tax proposals as described by his economic advisers.

-  T08-0203 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Economic Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2009 - 2008 Presidential Candidate Proposals - Alternative Minimum Tax - Distribution Tables by Percentile - 2009 (August 14, 2008)
The 2009 distribution of federal tax change, by cash income percentile, of Senator Barack Obama's tax proposals as described by his economic advisers.