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Monthly Treasury Statement, table 9 · federal receipts by source, 12 months to each month-end

Which sources bring in the most federal money?

Individual income taxes made up 52.7% of federal receipts in the 12 months to , Payroll taxes (employment and general retirement) 32.5% and Corporation income taxes 7.1%.

Share of federal receipts from each source, 12 months to each month-end

128 periods, Feb 2016 to Sep 2026The full height is 100%

Share of federal receipts from each source, 12 months to each month-end, Feb 2016 to Sep 2026
  • Miscellaneous receipts 0.9%
  • Estate and gift taxes 0.7%
  • Customs duties 3.2%
  • Excise taxes 2.0%
  • Corporation income taxes 7.1%
  • Other retirement contributions 0.2%
  • Unemployment insurance taxes 0.9%
  • Payroll taxes (employment and general retirement) 32.5%
  • Individual income taxes 52.7%

Each band is one source's share of the whole, the first source at the bottom; the shares are ours, worked out from the Treasury's amounts. Pointing at a period shows its shares. Each year's end is under "The numbers behind the chart".

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Right now

Individual income taxes made up 52.7% of federal receipts in the 12 months to , Payroll taxes (employment and general retirement) 32.5% and Corporation income taxes 7.1%.

The whole was $5.40T in the 12 months to .

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Over time

Over the year to , Individual income taxes rose from 50.7% to 52.7%, and Corporation income taxes fell from 8.6% to 7.1%.

Since , Individual income taxes rose from 47.8% to 52.7%, and Miscellaneous receipts fell from 4.9% to 0.9%.

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The amounts are the Treasury's. A share is one source's amount divided by the sum of all sources, to one decimal, and is worked out by 500metrics.

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Where it stands today

Individual income taxes made up 52.7% of federal receiptsin the 12 months to.

How is this chart made?

Receipts are the money the federal government collects: income taxes on people and on corporations, the social insurance taxes that pay for Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits, excise taxes on goods such as fuel and tobacco, estate and gift taxes, customs duties on imports, and miscellaneous receipts, which include the earnings the Federal Reserve sends to the Treasury.

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The Treasury lists three social insurance lines: employment and general retirement (the payroll taxes that pay for Social Security and Medicare), unemployment insurance, and other retirement (the retirement contributions of railroad and federal workers).

The amounts are the Treasury's, as the statement prints them, in dollars and cents; this page shows whole millions of dollars. Each share is the amount of one part divided by the sum of all parts, worked out by 500metrics.

The numbers behind the chart

What share did each source hold in the 12 months to the end of September in each year?11 rows, newest first
Share of federal receipts in each source in the 12 months to the end of September in each year, newest first
12 months toIndividual income taxesPayroll taxes (employment and general retirement)Unemployment insurance taxesOther retirement contributionsCorporation income taxesExcise taxesCustoms dutiesEstate and gift taxesMiscellaneous receipts
52.7%32.5%0.9%0.2%7.1%2.0%3.2%0.7%0.9%
50.7%32.2%1.0%0.2%8.6%2.0%3.7%0.6%0.9%
49.3%33.6%1.0%0.2%10.8%2.1%1.6%0.6%0.9%
49.0%35.1%1.1%0.2%9.5%1.7%1.8%0.8%0.9%
53.8%28.8%1.4%0.1%8.7%1.8%2.0%0.7%2.8%
50.5%30.9%1.4%0.1%9.2%1.9%2.0%0.7%3.3%
47.0%36.9%1.3%0.2%6.2%2.5%2.0%0.5%3.4%
49.6%34.6%1.2%0.1%6.7%2.9%2.0%0.5%2.4%
50.6%33.7%1.4%0.1%6.2%2.9%1.2%0.7%3.3%
47.9%33.5%1.4%0.1%9.0%2.5%1.0%0.7%3.9%
47.3%32.5%1.5%0.1%9.2%2.9%1.1%0.7%4.7%

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How much was each source, in millions of dollars?Millions of dollars of receipts in the 12 months to the month-end
Millions of dollars of receipts in the 12 months to the month-end, in each year, newest first
12 months toIndividual income taxesPayroll taxes (employment and general retirement)Unemployment insurance taxesOther retirement contributionsCorporation income taxesExcise taxesCustoms dutiesEstate and gift taxesMiscellaneous receiptsAll sources
2,845,5271,754,27349,0908,431381,415105,995173,21938,72046,5385,403,208
2,656,0441,685,63254,0498,614452,089105,936194,86629,46247,9145,234,606
2,426,0671,652,99848,6077,954529,867101,43577,03731,61643,1674,918,748
2,176,4811,558,14849,4026,904419,58475,80480,33733,66839,0334,439,361
2,632,1451,410,73566,4976,294424,86587,72699,90832,550135,4764,896,196
2,044,3771,251,85856,6025,629371,83175,27179,98527,140133,2864,045,979
1,608,6621,261,65043,1045,201211,84586,78168,55017,624116,5383,419,955
1,717,8571,197,39440,9344,759230,24598,91570,78416,67284,6373,462,197
1,683,5371,121,15545,0424,503204,73394,98841,29922,983110,5053,328,745
1,587,1191,111,89745,8084,191297,04883,82234,57522,768127,6663,314,894
1,546,0751,062,30548,8533,905299,57195,04534,83721,354154,7433,266,688

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What do the figures leave out, and what are their dates?Limits and dates

What this number cannot tell you

  • Receipts are counted after refunds, as the statement counts them, so a month of customs duties or of corporation income taxes can be below zero when refunds are larger than what came in. Each period here adds twelve months or a whole fiscal year, and none of the parts is below zero in any period shown.
  • Receipts are what the government collects, not what it spends. They do not include money it borrows.
  • The first period ends in February 2016: it needs twelve months, and the table begins in March 2015. Table 9 begins in March 2015 in the data the Treasury's Fiscal Data service gives; older statements are published as documents only. A share is printed to one decimal, so a part under 0.05 percent of the whole shows as 0.0%.
  • A month whose parts do not add up to the statement's own total is left out, and so are the periods that would hold it.
  • A period of twelve months adds twelve monthly figures, and the page of fiscal years takes the year's own figure from the September statement. The Treasury revises months after it first prints them, so the two can differ by a little.

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