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Individual Taxes

Poverty Thresholds

Poverty thresholds by size of family and number of related children.

Individual Taxes

Share of Wages Paid at the Poverty Level for Individual Federal Taxes, 1970-2011

share of wages paid in income and payroll taxes for selected years from 1970 to 2011.

Individual Taxes

Relationship Between Tax Entry Thresholds and Poverty, 1980-2021

Income level at which tax is owed before credits and after credits, for selected years 1980-2010 and 2011-2020 under current law and current policy.

Individual Taxes

Family Taxes

poverty and tax thresholds, and taxes paid by different family sizes, from 1996 to 2013.

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