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May 29, 2013
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Distribution of Federal Taxes
CBO regularly analyzes the distribution of incomes and federal taxes. For households with different levels of income and in various demographic groups, the agency reports estimates of average federal tax rates (federal taxes divided by income), shares of total federal taxes paid, and other metrics for total federal taxes and for the separate major sources of federal tax revenues.
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- effective tax rates
- share of taxes paid
- average before-tax household income
- average after-tax household income
- shares of before tax income
- shares of after tax income
- income ranges for each income class
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- distribution of income, households with children
- distribution of income, elderly households
- distribution of income, nonelderly childless households
- households paying more in payroll taxes than income taxes
- median before-tax and after-tax income
- sources of income, by income category
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