Individual Income Tax Rates and Shares Data Snapshots
The Individual Income Tax Rates and Tax Shares bulletin article and associated statistical tables describe the income and tax distribution, both in terms of percentiles and marginal tax rates, of all tax returns for the selected year. Beginning with Tax Year 2014, the information on tax rates can be found in Publication 1304, Individual Income Tax Returns Complete Report.
Statistical Tables
The tables are available as Microsoft Excel® files. A free Excel viewer is available for download, if needed.
The tables are grouped into the following categories:
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All Individual Income Tax Returns Excluding Dependents Classified by Tax Percentile - Early release data that presents statistics on AGI and income tax by cumulative percentiles of returns excluding dependents. Tables show distributions of AGI for each tax year and can be used to make comparisons across cumulative percentile classes within each year. Table 3 presents data for major income, deduction, and tax credits reported across different cumulative percentiles.
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Returns with Modified Taxable Income (MTI) - MTI is a term used to describe "income subject to tax", the actual base on which tax is computed. For current-year returns, MTI is identical to taxable income. For prior-year returns, taxable income is modified to equal an amount necessary to generate the tax actually shown on these returns using current-year rates.
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Returns with Positive Adjusted Gross Income(AGI) - AGI is "total income", as defined by the tax code, less "statutory adjustments".
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Returns with Positive "1979 Income Concept" Income - The "1979 Income Concept" was developed to provide a more uniform measure of income across tax years. By including the same income and deduction items in each year's income calculation and using only items available on Federal individual income tax returns, the definition is consistent throughout the base years and can be used for future years to compare income by including only income components common to all years.
All Individual Income Tax Returns Excluding Dependents Classified by Tax Percentile—Early Release
Number of Returns, Shares of AGI and Total Income Tax, AGI Floor on Percentiles in Current and Constant Dollars, and Average Tax Rates | |
Classified by: | Selected Descending Cumulative Percentiles of Returns Based on Income Size Using the Definition of AGI for Each Year |
Tax Years: | 2001–2020 XLS |
Number of Returns, Shares of AGI and Total Income Tax, and Average Tax Rates | |
Classified by: | Selected Ascending Cumulative Percentiles of Returns Based on Income Size Using the Definition of AGI for Each Year |
Tax Years: | 2001–2020 XLS |
Number of Returns, Shares of AGI, Selected Income Items, Credits, Total Income Tax, AGI Floor on Percentiles, and Average Tax Rates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classified by: | Selected Expanded Descending Cumulative Percentiles of Returns Based on AGI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax Years: | 2020 XLS 2019 XLS 2018 XLS 2017 XLS 2016 XLS 2015 XLS 2014 XLS
Returns with Modified Taxable Income
(Back to top)Individual Income Tax Returns with Positive Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Tax Year 2010 percentile data were produced using an improved methodology to that of previous SOI releases of percentile data in order to refine the accuracy of the percentile estimates. The data in these tables are based on a modified universe of tax returns. In particular, all individual income tax returns except returns of dependents are now used in the computation whereas previous releases were based on only returns with positive AGI. This change was the result of feedback and recommendations made by users of these statistics who encouraged SOI to assess the utility of the information. The data in the improved tables shown here, while more accurate for the dollar amounts shown are still very similar in terms of percentages when compared to the data produced under the previous methodology. All Individual Income Tax Returns Excluding Dependents
Returns with Positive "1979 Income Concept" Income
All Returns with "1979 Income Concept" Income Excluding Dependents
(Back to top)Bulletin ArticlesThese articles are available as PDF files. A free Adobe® reader is available for download, if needed. Individual Income Tax Shares 2016 PDF 2015 PDF 2014 PDF 2013 PDF 2012 PDF Individual Income Tax Rates and Shares 2011 PDF 2010 PDF 2009 PDF 2008 PDF 2007 PDF 2006 PDF 2005 PDF 2004 PDF 2003 PDF 2002 PDF 2001 PDF 2000 PDF 1999 PDF 1998 PDF 1997 PDF 1996 PDF 1995 PDF
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