Tax Policy Center

effective tax rate

Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The US federal tax system is highly progressive, primarily because individual income tax rates rise sharply with income and refundable tax credits lead to negative...
August 11, 2016Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Effective tax rates have been rising since 2009 and will continue to rise for a few more years before they flatten out, according to Tax...
December 12, 2013Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Just as President Obama was decrying our nation’s rising income inequality , the Congressional Budget Office provided him with some new ammunition. CBO’s latest report...
December 9, 2013Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Investment manager James Ross last week told New York Times columnist James Stewart that his combined federal, state, and local tax rate was 102 percent...
February 8, 2012Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
When Warren Buffett called for higher taxes on the wealthy in a New York Times op-ed last week, the billionaire investor argued that he and...
August 23, 2011Roberton C. Williams