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How should distributional tables be interpreted?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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How should distributional tables be interpreted?

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Distributional tables provide important and useful information, but keep six key questions in mind to correctly interpret the results.

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Who bears the burden of federal excise taxes?

January 25, 2019 by tpcwebsite

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Who bears the burden of federal excise taxes?

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Workers, owners of capital, and households that consume a disproportionate amount of taxed items all bear the burden of federal excise taxes.

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Are federal taxes progressive?

December 20, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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Are federal taxes progressive?

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

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