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Guide to TPC Tables

Follow the links below to view TPC tables covering a broad range of tax topics

Baseline Distribution
Various tax statistics by income category for selected years under current law and current policy
Effective Marginal Tax Rates
Tables showing effective marginal tax rates by income level and other characteristics.
Capital Gains and Qualified Dividends
Distribution of income from gains and dividends and the taxes paid on that income.

Distribution of Federal Individual Income and Payroll Taxes
Distribution of tax-units with federal individual income or payroll tax liability and tax-units whose payroll tax liability exceed their individual income tax liability.

Tax Cuts: 2001-2010 Tax Cuts
Various statistics concerning the distribution of tax cuts enacted from 2001 through 2010.
Stimulus: American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Distributional effects of provisions in the 2009 stimulus act.

Expiration of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts
Tables that show the incremental and total effects of extending the tax cuts or letting them expire.
2010 Compromise Agreement on Taxes
Distributional tables on the tax agreement between President Obama and Congressional Republicans

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Various statistics concerning the AMT for the selected years.
Estate Tax
Various statistics related to the federal estate tax under current law and under alternative exemptions.
Healthcare: Revenues to Fund Healthcare Reform
Various statistics concerning revenues sources in proposals to reform healthcare.
No Tax Liability: Tax Units that Pay No Individual Income Tax
Various statistics and distribution of tax units with zero or negative individual income tax liability under Current Law, Current Policy, and the Administration's FY2012 Budget Proposal for selected years.

Options for Taxing High-Income Taxpayers
Various options to increase taxes on high-income households.
Mortgage Interest Deduction
Distribution of several options to repeal or restructure the mortgage interest deduction.
Small Business
Various statistics concerning tax units with business income.
Tax Expenditures
Distribution of individual income tax expenditures.
Options to Repeal or Limit Itemized Deductions
Distributions of several options to repeal or limit itemized deductions.

2012 Election

The Romney Plan
Distributional tables analyzing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's tax plan.
The Santorum Plan
Distributional tables analyzing Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum's tax reform plan.
The Gingrich Plan
Distributional tables analyzing Republican presidential nominee Newt Gingrich's tax reform plan.

Governor Rick Perry's Tax Reform Plan
Distribution of Governor Rick Perry's tax reform plan.
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Tax Plan
Distributional effects of a fully-phased-in version of Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan.
Pawlenty Tax Plan
TPC's analysis of Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's tax plan.

2008 Election

2008 Election
Distributional effects of tax proposals offered during the 2008 presidential election.

President's Budget Proposal Distribution Tables
Distribution tables for the President's current as well as older budget proposals

Bipartisan Policy Center
Distributional tables analyzing the fiscal plan developed by the BPC.
Bowles-Simpson Commission
Distributional tables analyzing the illustrative plan in the Commission's final report.

Ryan Tax Plan
Distribution and revenue effects of Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010, Congressman Paul Ryan's tax reform proposal.
Wyden-Gregg Tax Plan
Distribution and revenue effects of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010, Senators Ron Wyden and Judd Gregg's tax reform proposal.