This statistic shows the revenues of the U.S. government in the fiscal year of 2018. The total revenues received sum up to about 3.33 trillion U.S. dollars and consist of individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes and other* taxes. Individual income taxes totaled up to 1.68 trillion U.S. dollars in 2018, which is approximately 8.3 percent of GDP, whereas corporate income taxes totaled to 205 billion U.S. dollars, about one percent of GDP.
U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2018, by category
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* Other revenues are: excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and miscellaneous receipts. Social insurance taxes are payroll taxes that fund social insurance, primarily social security and Medicare's hospital insurance program.
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US Congressional Budget Office. (January 28, 2019). U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 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 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 28, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office. (2019). U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 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 2018, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/
US Congressional Budget Office, U.S. government revenues in the fiscal year of 2018, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216928/us-government-revenues-by-category/ (last visited January 22, 2020)
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