Consumption tax revenue (federal, state, and local levels) was 18% of total tax revenues for the US in 2018, compared to 28% for all other OECD countries. This is in part because the US does not have a broad-based national sales tax, or a VAT.
March 16, 2020
The IRS staff was around 73,500 full-time-equivalent employees in fiscal year 2018. The workforce has declined by over 35 percent between 1989 and 2018.
March 9, 2020