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creates space to wrap around helpguyThe Tax Policy Center estimates the revenue and distributional impact of tax proposals using a state-of-the-art microsimulation model of the federal tax system. Our searchable database includes distribution tables that show how proposals alter tax liabilities and after-tax income, by dollar income class and by percentiles of the income distribution. We also periodically estimate the distribution of various federal taxes under current law, show how recent tax changes have altered that distribution, and examine other important issues such as the impact of the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) and the distribution of the estate tax under current law and alternative policy options. A description of the tax model’s methodology and help interpreting the tables can be found in the Related Resources links.


Featured Numbers

Distributional Effects of the 2010 Budget
These tables from the Tax Policy Center show the distributional consequences of the tax proposals in Obama's 2010 Budget.

Revenue and Distributional Effects for "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009" as Passed by Congress
Revenue and distribution tables for the 2009 "American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act" as passed by Congress.


Recent Estimates from TPC

-  T10-0031 - 0.9 Percent Surcharge on Earnings and Investment Income in Excess of $200,000 ($250,000 Married), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2013 (February 1, 2010)
Distribution, by cash income percentile, of the federal tax change associated with a 0.9 percent surcharge on earnings and investment income above $200,000 ($250,000 for couples).

-  T10-0030 - 0.9 Percent Surcharge on Earnings and Investment Income in Excess of $200,000 ($250,000 Married), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Level, 2013 (February 1, 2010)
Distribution, by cash income level, of the federal tax change associated with a 0.9 percent surcharge on earnings and investment income above $200,000 ($250,000 for couples).

-  T10-0029 - Distribution of Effective Individual Income and Payroll Tax Rate, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table by cash income percentiles showing the mean and various percentiles of the effective individual income and payroll tax rate.

-  T10-0028 - Distribution of Effective Individual Income Tax Rate, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table by cash income percentiles showing the mean and various percentiles of the effective individual income tax rate.

-  T10-0027 - Distribution of Effective Federal Tax Rate, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table by cash income percentiles showing the mean and various percentiles of the effective federal tax rate.

-  T10-0026 - Distribution of Individual Income and Payroll Tax Burden, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table by cash income percentiles showing the mean and various percentiles of the individual income and payroll tax burden.

-  T10-0025 - Distribution of Individual Income Tax Burden, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table by cash income percentiles showing the mean and various percentiles of the individual income tax burden.

-  T10-0024 - Distribution of Federal Tax Burden, 2010, Baseline: Current Law with AMT Patch. (January 29, 2010)
Distribution table, by cash income percentiles, showing the mean and various percentiles of the federal tax burden.

-  T10-0023 - Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: Increase Phaseout Threshold to $85,000, Tax Benefit Compared to Current Law Plus AMT Patch, 2010 (January 28, 2010)
Distribution table for tax units benefiting from the child and dependent care tax credit under both current law with an AMT Patch and a scenario that also increases the phaseout threshold to $85,000.

-  T10-0022 - Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: Increase Phaseout Threshold to $85,000 and Make Fully Refundable with 90-Percent Participation Assumption, Tax Benefit Compared to Current Law Plus EGTRRA Extension and Allowance Against AMT, 2011 (January 28, 2010)
Distribution table for tax units benefiting from the child and dependent care tax credit under a scenario that extends the credit's EGTRRA provisions and allows it against the AMT and one that also raises the phaseout threshold to $85,000 and makes the credit refundable. Estimates assume a 90 percent participation rate.