Updated 10/22/08
Average Income in 2006 Up $60,000 For Top 1 Percent of Households, Just $430 For Bottom 90 Percent
4/23/08
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens
3/27/08
Capital Gains Tax Cuts Slashed Taxes of Top 400, While Their Incomes Soared
Revised 10/24/07
New Data Show Income Concentration Jumped Again In 2005: Income Share of Top 1% At Highest Level Since 1929
8/22/07
Historical Averages Not A Meaningful Benchmark For Future Revenues
7/10/07
The Effects of the Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts on the Economy and Revenues
4/10/07
Federal Tax Burdens in Historical Perspective
3/29/07
New Study Finds "Dramatic" Reduction Since 1960 In The Progressivity Of The Federal Tax System: Largest Reductions in Progressivity Occurred in 1980s and Since 2000
Revised 3/29/07
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens: Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public
1/24/07
New CBO Data Show Income Inequality Continues To Widen: After-Tax-Income for Top 1 Percent Rose by $146,000 in 2004
Revised 8/24/06
A Short Guide to Dynamic Scoring
Revised 8/24/06
Treasury Dynamic Scoring Analysis Refutes Claims by Supporters of the Tax Cuts
Revised 7/27/06
A Smoking Gun: President’s Claim That Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves Refuted By Administration’s Own Analysis
Revised 7/27/06
Claim That Tax Cuts "Pay For Themselves" Is Too Good to Be True: Data Show No "Free Lunch" Here
7/18/06
Do Revenue Surprises Tell Us Much About The Cost of Tax Cuts?
Revised 7/14/06
The Recent Upturn in Revenues and OMB's Mid-Session Review
7/10/06
New Data Show Extraordinary Jump in Income Concentration in 2004
Revised 6/14/06
Claim That Tax Cuts "Pay For Themselves" Is Too Good To Be True: Data Show No "Free Lunch" Here
Revised 4/13/06
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens: Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public
4/10/06
Federal Tax Burdens at Lowest Levels in Decades
4/10/06
Recent Tax and Income Trends Among High-Income Taxpayers
Revised 3/15/06
Extending Expiring Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Would Cost $3.3 Trillion Through 2016
1/29/06
New, Unnoticed CBO Data Show Capital Income Has Become Much More Concentrated at the Top
1/29/06
New CBO Data Indicate Growth in Long-Term Income Inequality Continues
10/17/05
New IRS Data Show Income Inequality Is Again On The Rise
10/6/05
Drop in Deficit in 2005 Does Not Mean Revenues Are at Robust Levels or That Tax Cuts Are Spurring Economic and Revenue Growth
9/19/05
New Tax Cuts Primarily Benefiting Millionaires Slated to Take Effect in January: Should They be Implemented While Katrina Costs Mount?
Revised 8/16/05
Revenue Collections in 2005: What Does the Recent Increase in Revenues Signify?
4/13/05
Recent Tax and Income Trends among High-Income Taxpayers
4/13/05
With Taxes Low and Deficits High, More Tax Cuts Would Be Irresponsible
4/11/05
CBPP Statement:
Findings of Tax Foundation's "Tax Freedom Day" Report Should Be Treated with Caution
Revised 4/11/05
Tax Foundation Estimates of State and Local Tax Burdens Are Not Reliable
4/7/05
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens
3/7/05
What New CBO Data Indicate About Long-Term Income Distribution Trends
1/25/05
The Simple Story: Tax Cuts Lose Revenues
6/2/04
The Ultimate Burden of the Tax Cuts
Press Release | Summary
Revised 3/22/04
Too Good To Be True: Tax Cuts Do Not Pay For Themselves
2/27/04
Budget Rule Change Would Make The Cost Of Extending The Tax Cuts Disappear
1/26/04
CBO Data Confirm That Extending Tax Cuts Would More Than Double The Size Of Its Own Official Deficit Projections
1/15/04
Total Revenues From All Levels Of Government Drop To Lowest Share Of Economy Since 1968
Revised 10/24/03
The Decline of Corporate Income Tax Revenues
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10/21/03
Federal Income Taxes, as a Share of GDP, Drop to Lowest Level Since 1942, According to Final Budget Data
9/23/03
The New, Definitive CBO Data On Income And Tax Trends
5/31/01
Pathbreaking CBO Study Shows Dramatic Increases in Income Disparities in 1980s and 1990s: An Analysis of the CBO Data
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