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Overview

Tax Burden

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for All Households

Number of Households, Average Pretax and After-Tax Income, Shares of Pretax and After-Tax Income, and Income Category Minimums for All Households, by Household Income Category, 1979 to 2016

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Households with Children

Shares of federal tax liabilities for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile, 1979 to 2016.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Elderly Childless Households

Average Federal Tax Rates for Elderly Childless Households, by Comprehensive Household Income Quintile, 1979 to 2016.

Federal Budget and Economy

Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for All Households

Shares of federal tax liabilities for elderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Elderly Childless Households

Number of Households, Average Pretax and After-Tax Income, Shares of Pretax and After-Tax Income, and Income Category Minimums for Elderly Childless Households, by Household Income Category, 1979 to 2016.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for All Households

Average federal tax rates for all households, by comprehensive household income quintile, 1979 to 2016.

Composition of Taxes

Federal Budget and Economy

Gross Collections, by Type of Tax and State

Federal tax collections by tax type and state from 1998 to 2018.

Federal Budget and Economy

Type of Tax as a Share of Federal Revenues, 1934 - 2018

Historical chart of federal revenues by type of tax: individual, social insurance, corporate or excise.

Federal Budget and Economy

Percentage of Revenue by Source

Percentage of receipt composition for each type of tax from 1934 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Source of Revenue as Share of GDP

Receipt composition as a share of GDP by type of tax from 1934 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Historical Number of Returns by Type of Tax

Historical number of returns by form or type of tax from 1975 to 2015.

Federal Receipts & Outlays

State and Local Issues

Revenue by Government Level

Sources of tax revenue for federal, state, and local governments.

Federal Budget and Economy

Historical Chart of Receipt Composition

Chart of tax receipt composition from 1929 to 2018.

Federal Budget and Economy

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary

Receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit in dollars and as a percent of GDP from 1940 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Amount of Revenue by Source

Receipt composition by type of tax from 1934 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Federal Debt

The federal debt in dollars and as a percent of GDP from 1940 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary by Fund Group

Summary of receipts and outlays by fund group from 1934 to 2024.

Federal Budget and Economy

Annual and Monthly Public Debt

Historical annual public debt in millions of dollars, with monthly debt for fiscal years.

Federal Budget and Economy

Projected Income Tax Expenditure Budget

Total corporate and individual income tax expenditures.

Historical Data

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Households with Children

Average federal tax rates for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile, 1979 to 2016.