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Individual Taxes

Items with the Largest Tax Effect on High-Income Returns

Number and percentage of returns classified by item with the largest and second-largest tax effect for taxable and nontaxable returns with incomes $200,000 or more.

Individual Taxes

Tax Items as Percentage of Income on High-Income Returns

Itemized deductions, credits, and tax credits as percentage of income for returns with income of $200,000 or more.

Individual Taxes

High-Income Nontaxable Returns

Number of nontaxable returns with incomes of $200,000 or more.

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High Income Return Details

Income, deductions, credits, and tax for returns with and without U.S. income tax and with income of $200,000 or more.

Individual Taxes

Effective Tax Rate by Size of Income

Number and percentage of returns by effective tax rate and by size of income.

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Asset Composition of Estate Tax

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Debt Payments

Ratio of debt payments to family income (aggregate and median), by selected characteristics of families, for survey years.

Individual Taxes

Median Income by Family Characteristics

Median income of families annually by selected family characteristics including type of residence, region, age of householder, family size, race or ethnicity.

Individual Taxes

Before-Tax Family Income

Mean and median before-tax family income, share of families that save, by selected characteristics of families, for survey years.

Individual Taxes

Percentage of Families Holding Debt

Share of families with debt holdings, by types of debt and selected characteristics of families, for survey years.

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From the Briefing Book

How do taxes affect income inequality?

December 6, 2018 by tpcwebsite

Q.

How do taxes affect income inequality?

A.

Because high-income households pay a larger share of their income in total federal taxes than low-income households, federal taxes reduce income inequality. But federal taxes have done little to offset increasing income inequality over the past 40 years.

  • Read more about How do taxes affect income inequality?

Are federal taxes progressive?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

Q.

Are federal taxes progressive?

A.

Overall, yes. But that’s not the case for each tax.

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