This statistic shows the revenues of the U.S. government in the fiscal year of 2019. The total revenues received sum up to about 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars and consist of individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes and other taxes. Individual income taxes totaled up to 1.72 trillion U.S. dollars in 2019, which is approximately 8.1 percent of GDP, whereas corporate income taxes totaled to 230 billion U.S. dollars, about 1.1 percent of GDP.
U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2019, by category
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Social insurance taxes are payroll taxes that fund social insurance, primarily social security and Medicare's hospital insurance program.
Other includes excise taxes, miscellaneous fees and fines, estate and gift taxes, and customs duties.
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US Congressional Budget Office. (January 28, 2020). U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office. "U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office. (2020). U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office. "U.S. Government Revenues in The Fiscal Year of 2019, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office, U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2019, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/ (last visited February 23, 2020)
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