Overview
Overview of federal tax receipts: the composition of federal tax revenues, the income distribution of tax shares and liability, and the changes in total tax burden and as a percentage of GDP over time.

  • Federal Budget and Economy
    Outlays composition by type of spending from 1962 to 2029.
  • Individual Taxes
    Types of federal excise taxes by agency to which tax was reported or paid, including revenues and tax rates for selected years, fiscal years 1996 to 2020.
  • Individual Taxes
    Shares of federal tax liabilities for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.
  • Individual Taxes
    Telephone excise tax receipts in dollars and as a share of total tax revenue from 1899 to 2020.
  • Individual Taxes
    Average federal tax rates for all households, by comprehensive household income quintile.
  • Individual Taxes
    Average and marginal federal income tax rates for two-parent families of four at the same relative positions in the income distribution, from 1955 to 2014.
  • Individual Taxes
    Average federal tax rates for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile.
  • Federal Budget and Economy
    Historical number of returns by form or type of tax from 1975 to 2015.
  • Individual Taxes
    Average federal tax rates for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.
  • Federal Budget and Economy
    Historical chart of federal revenues by type of tax: individual, social insurance, corporate or excise.
  • Federal Budget and Economy
    Composition of excise tax receipts from 1940 to 2029.
  • Individual Taxes
    Average federal tax rates for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.
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