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Individual Taxes

Household Income Quintiles

Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income, 1967 through 2021.

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 2028.

Federal Budget and Economy

Amount of Revenue by Source

Receipt composition by type of tax from 1934 to 2028.

Federal Budget and Economy

Percentage of Revenue by Source

Percentage of receipt composition for each type of tax from 1934 to 2028.

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

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.

State and Local Issues

State EITC as Percentage of the Federal EITC

Individual Taxes

Charitable Deduction by State and AGI

Individual Taxes

Mortgage Interest Deduction by State and AGI

Individual Taxes

Mortgage Interest Deduction by State

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From the Briefing Book

What is the difference between marginal and average tax rates?

December 20, 2015 by tpc-admin

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What is the difference between marginal and average tax rates?

A.

Average tax rates measure tax burden, while marginal tax rates measure the impact of taxes on incentives to earn, save, invest, or spend.

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How should progressivity be measured?

December 20, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How should progressivity be measured?

A.

A broad definition of progressivity, that tax burdens rise with household income, masks a host of ambiguities in measuring the effect of a tax change. The percentage change in after-tax income is the most reliable measure of the progressivity of such a change.

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

February 12, 2016 by tpc-admin

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What policy reforms could simplify the tax code?

A.

Reducing the number of distinctions among economic activities and taxpayers’ characteristics would simplify the code, reducing both taxpayers’ compliance costs and governmental administrative costs. Some distinctions among taxpayers promote fairness, so there are trade-offs among goals, but the tax law could be simplified without compromising equity.

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