Skip to main content

Experts
Events
Briefing Book
Resources
About
Contact
Support
Fiscal Facts

Sort by

Items per page

Topics
TaxVox Blog
Research & Commentary
Laws & Proposals
Model Estimates
Statistics
Features

You are here

Home
Topics
Individual Taxes
Consumption taxes (individual)

Consumption taxes (individual)

Primary tasks

View
From TaxVox
Research
Statistics(active tab)

State and Local Issues

State General Revenue

State and Local Issues

State General Revenue, Percentage Distribution

State and Local Issues

Local General Revenue, Percentage Distribution

State and Local Issues

State and Local General Revenue

State and Local Issues

Local General Revenue

State and Local Issues

State and Local Alcohol Tax Revenue

State and Local Issues

State and Local Revenues and Expenditures, by Function

Federal Budget and Economy

Excise Tax Receipts

Composition of excise tax receipts from 1940 to 2025.

Individual Taxes

Telephone Receipts

Telephone excise tax receipts in dollars and as a share of total tax revenue from 1899 to 2018.

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 2025.

Pages

First page
Previous page
Page 1
Page 2
Currently on page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Next page
Last page

From The Briefing Book

From the Briefing Book

Who would bear the burden of a VAT?

January 29, 2016 by tpcwebsite

Who would bear the burden of a VAT?

A value-added tax (VAT) is a tax on consumption. Poorer households spend a larger proportion of their income. A VAT is therefore regressive if it is measured relative to current income and if it is introduced without other policy adjustments. A VAT is less regressive if measured relative to lifetime income.

Read more about Who would bear the burden of a VAT?

What would and would not be taxed under a national retail sales tax?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

What would and would not be taxed under a national retail sales tax?

In theory, all consumption would be taxed. In practice, there would be great pressure to narrow the base.

Read more about What would and would not be taxed under a national retail sales tax?

What would and would not be taxed under a VAT?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

What would and would not be taxed under a VAT?

Typically, a value-added tax covers all or most forms of consumption.

Read more about What would and would not be taxed under a VAT?

Donate Today

Topics
TaxVox Blog
Research & Commentary
Laws & Proposals
Model Estimates
Statistics
Privacy Policy
Newsletters

© Urban Institute, Brookings Institution, and individual authors, 2020.