Distribution of Federal Taxes
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Average Federal Tax Rates in 2007
The accompanying tables update annual estimates by CBO of average tax rates and compare those estimates for 2007 with estimates from 2006.
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Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income
This page contains CBO's most recent estimates of federal effective tax rates across household income groups for the four largest sources of federal revenues as well as the total effective rate for the four taxes combined.
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Historical Effective Tax Rates, 1979 to 2005: Supplement with Additional Data on Sources of Income and High-Income Households
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus
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Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income
Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income
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Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2004
The tables show effective tax rates for the four largest sources of federal revenues—individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes.
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Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2003
The tables show effective tax rates for the four largest sources of federal revenues—individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes.
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Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2002
The tables show effective tax rates for the four largest sources of federal revenue—individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, and excise taxes—as well as the total effective rate for the four taxes combined.
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Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2001
The tables show effective tax rates for the four largest sources of federal revenues--individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, and excise taxes--as well as the total effective rate for the four taxes combined.
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Effective Federal Tax Rates, 1997 to 2000
This CBO paper presents estimates of effective federal tax rates—tax burdens measured as a percentage of income—from 1979 through 2000, updating CBO’s October 2001 report Effective Federal Tax Rates, 1979-1997.