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Overview

Historical Data

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Households with Children

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, and income category minimums for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Federal Budget and Economy

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for All Households

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

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.

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Elderly Headed Households

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

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Elderly Headed Households

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Households with Children

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

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for All Households

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

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 comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Nonelderly Childless Households

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Nonelderly Childless Households

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

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Elderly Headed Households

Average federal tax rates for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Nonelderly Childless Households

Average federal tax rates for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Federal Receipts & Outlays

State and Local Issues

Revenue by Government Level

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

Federal Budget and Economy

Federal Debt

The federal debt in dollars and as a percent of GDP from 1940 to 2027.

Federal Budget and Economy

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary by Fund Group

Summary of receipts and outlays by fund group from 1934 to 2027.

Federal Budget and Economy

Amount of Outlays by Function

Outlays composition by type of spending from 1962 to 2027.

Federal Budget and Economy

Amount of Revenue by Source

Receipt composition by type of tax from 1934 to 2027.

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 2027.

Federal Budget and Economy

Historical Chart of Receipt Composition

Chart of tax receipt composition from 1929 to 2020.

Federal Budget and Economy

Projected Income Tax Expenditure Budget

Total corporate and individual income tax expenditures.

Federal Budget and Economy

Government Current Receipts and Expenditures

Combined federal, state and local government current receipts and expenditures.

Federal Budget and Economy

Government Current Receipts and Expenditures, as a Share of GDP

Chart of combined federal, state and local government current receipts and expenditures, as a share of GDP.

Federal Budget and Economy

Annual and Monthly Public Debt

Historical annual and monthly U.S. total public debt outstanding, for fiscal years in millions of dollars.

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 2019.

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 2027.

Federal Budget and Economy

Percentage of Revenue by Source

Percentage of receipt composition for each type of tax from 1934 to 2027.

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

Historical Number of Returns by Type of Tax

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

Overview

Individual Taxes

Types of Federal Excise Taxes

Types of federal excise taxes by agency to which tax was reported or paid, including revenues and tax rates for selected years, fiscal years 1996 to 2020.

Federal Budget and Economy

Excise Tax Receipts

Composition of excise tax receipts from 1940 to 2027.

Individual Taxes

Telephone Receipts

Telephone excise tax receipts in dollars and as a share of total tax revenue from 1899 to 2020.

Tax Burden

Individual Taxes

Historical Federal Income Tax Rates for a Family of Four

Average and marginal federal income tax rates for two-parent families of four at the same relative positions in the income distribution, from 1955 to 2014.

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