This statistic shows how federal government spending in the United States would have looked in 2016 had individual and corporate tax expenditures been collected in the form of tax and subsequently redistributed for their purpose. Had tax credits been included in government spending in 2016 they would have accounted for 28 percent of the total government spending, more than any other federal outlay.
Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016
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CRFB. (April 18, 2017). Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/
CRFB. "Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016." Chart. April 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/
CRFB. (2017). Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/
CRFB. "Tax Expenditures as a Share of Total Adjusted Government Spending in The United States in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/
CRFB, Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Tax expenditures as a share of total adjusted government spending in the United States in 2016 [Graph], CRFB, April 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/726772/united-states-adjusted-government-spending-for-tax-expenditures/