Budget Basics: Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
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Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
The federal government finances its operations with taxes, fees, and other receipts collected from many different sectors of the economy.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/revenues
Tax breaks totaled over $1.8 trillion in 2023. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the government spends on Social Security, defense, or Medicare and Medicaid.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/12/eight-of-the-largest-tax-breaks-explained
The top 20 percent of income earners receive over half the value of major tax expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0199_distribution_tax_expenditures
Public schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade are financed through a combination of local, state, and federal dollars in proportions that vary across and within states.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-is-k-12-education-funded
Our most popular charts from 2016 illustrate the nation's fiscal challenges in areas like defense spending, healthcare, and tax reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/12/top-7-fiscal-charts-from-2016
As a share of GDP, the U.S. corporate income tax revenue is the lowest among G7 countries.
Following the 2017 tax reform, the federal statutory corporate tax rate in the United States is now more in line with many other OECD countries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0273_statutory_corporate_income_tax_rates
Eight popular tax provisions accounted for a large majority of annual tax expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0009_largest-tax-expenditures