EFFECTIVE TAX RATES AND TAX REVENUE (amounts in billions of dollars)
Effective Total
Top Indiv Effective Indiv
Marginal Income Federal Income % of Total % of
Year Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate Revenue GDP Revenue GDP GDP
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1979 70.00 11.0 22.2 217.84 8.71 463.30 18.53 2500.7
1980 70.00 11.7 22.2 244.07 8.95 517.11 18.96 2726.7
1981 69.125 12.0 22.4 285.92 9.36 599.27 19.62 3054.7
1982 50.00 11.0 20.7 297.74 9.22 617.77 19.14 3227.6
1983 50.00 10.2 20.4 288.94 8.40 600.56 17.45 3440.7
1984 50.00 10.2 21.0 298.42 7.77 666.49 17.36 3840.2
1985 50.00 10.2 20.9 334.53 8.08 734.09 17.73 4141.5
1986 50.00 10.4 20.9 348.96 7.91 769.22 17.43 4412.4
1987 38.50 10.3 21.6 392.56 8.45 854.35 18.38 4647.1
1988 28.00 10.4 21.8 401.18 8.01 909.30 18.15 5008.6
1989 28.00 10.2 21.5 445.69 8.25 991.19 18.35 5400.5
1990 28.00 10.1 21.5 466.88 8.14 1032.09 18.00 5735.4
1991 31.00 9.9 21.5 467.83 7.88 1055.09 17.78 5935.1
1992 31.00 9.9 21.5 475.96 7.63 1091.33 17.49 6239.9
1993 39.60 10.0 22.0 509.68 7.75 1154.47 17.56 6575.5
1994 39.60 10.0 22.3 543.06 7.80 1258.72 18.08 6961.3
1995 39.60 10.2 22.6 590.24 8.06 1351.93 18.45 7325.8
1996 39.60 10.7 22.7 656.42 8.53 1453.18 18.89 7694.1
1997 39.60 11.0 22.9 737.47 9.01 1579.42 19.30 8182.4
1998 39.60 11.0 22.6 828.59 9.60 1721.96 19.96 8627.9
1999 39.60 11.4 22.9 879.48 9.64 1827.65 20.03 9125.3
2000 39.60 11.8 23.0 1004.46 10.34 2025.46 20.86 9709.8
2001 39.10 10.3 21.4 994.34 9.89 1991.43 19.80 10057.9
2002 38.60 9.7 20.7 858.35 8.27 1853.40 17.86 10377.4
2003 35.00 8.4 19.8 793.70 7.34 1782.53 16.49 10808.6
2004 35.00 8.7 20.1 808.96 7.03 1880.28 16.35 11499.9
2005 35.00 9.0 20.5 927.22 7.58 2153.86 17.60 12237.9
Source: Budget of the United States Government, FY 2009, Historical Tables,
tables 2.1, and 10.1; Top Marginal Rates - IRS Data Release,
Personal Exemptions and Individual Income Tax Rates, 1913-2002
(online at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02inpetr.pdf);
Congressional Budget Office, Detailed Tables for 1979 to 2005
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