Distribution of Federal Taxes

Blog Post
A Call for New Research in the Area of Taxes and Transfers
July 25, 2023
To enhance its work for the Congress, CBO is looking for new research on how changes in federal policy affect different households, and how taxes affect the way businesses are legally structured.
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Presentation to the Economic Club of Minnesota
February 20, 2014
During his presentation, Director Doug Elmendorf emphasized that federal debt remains on an unsustainable path, and the composition of federal spending is changing dramatically from what it has been in the past.
Blog Post
Trends in the Distribution of Income
October 25, 2011
From 1979 to 2007, real (inflation-adjusted) average household income, measured after government transfers and federal taxes, grew by 62 percent.