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Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income
December 2007
This page contains CBO's most recent estimates of federal effective tax rates (taxes as a percentage of income) across household income groups for the four largest sources of federal revenues--individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes--as well as the total effective rate for the four taxes combined. The page also contains estimates of average before- and after-tax household income, counts of households, and shares of taxes, income, and households for each income group; information relating to the methodology used to construct the estimates; supplementary estimates for different household types; and a comparison of income and payroll taxes. |
Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates and Income, by Income Category (1979-2005)
Effective Tax Rates pdf data
Share of Taxes Paid pdf data
Average Before-Tax Household Income pdf data
Average After-Tax Household Income pdf data
Shares of Before-Tax Income pdf data
Shares of After-Tax Income pdf data
Median Before-Tax and After-Tax Household Income pdf data
Income Ranges for Each Income Class pdf data
All of the Above Information pdf data
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Methodology
Data Sources and Assumptions
Issues to Consider for Distributional Analysis (CBO Director’s Blog, December 2007)
Effective Tax Rates: Comparing Annual and Multiyear Measures (January 2005)
Supplementary Information
Distribution of Income and Taxes by Type of Household (1979-2005)
Households Paying More in Payroll Taxes Than Income Taxes (2005) pdf data
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