How the total effective tax burden change

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Consider the changes over time in the U.S. effective tax rates presented in Table.

How did the total effective tax burden change for the lowest and highest deciles of the population between 1979 and 2006?

How did the composition of this burden across different types of taxes change over this period?

 

1979

1985

1990

1995

2000

2006

2011

 

Total effective tax rate

All households

22.2%

20.9%

21.5%

22.6%

23.0%

20.7%

18.6%

Bottom quintile

8.0%

9.8%

8.9%

6.3%

6.4%

4.3%

1.1%

Top quintile

27.5%

24.0%

25.1%

27.8%

28.0%

25.8%

23.8%

 

Effective income tax rate

All households

11.0%

10.2%

10.1%

10.2%

11.8%

9.1%

10.1%

Bottom quintile

0.0%

0.5%

-1.0%

-4.4%

-4.6%

-6.6%

-6.0%

Top quintile

15.7%

14.0%

14.4%

15.5%

17.5%

14.1%

15.3%

 

Effective Payroll tax rate

All households

6.9%

7.9%

8.4%

8.5%

7.9%

7.5%

5.3%

Bottom quintile

5.3%

6.6%

7.3%

7.6%

8.2%

8.5%

4.8%

Top quintile

5.4%

6.5%

6.9%

7.2%

6.3%

5.8%

4.1%

 

Effective Corporate tax rats

All households

3.4%

1.8%

2.2%

2.8%

2.4%

3.4%

2.5%

Bottom quintile

1.1%

0.6%

0.6%

0.7%

0.5%

0.5%

0.4%

Top quintile

5.7%

2.8%

3.3%

4.4%

3.7%

5.4%

4.0%

 

Effective Exercise tax rate

All households

1.0%

0.9%

0.9%

1.0%

0.9%

0.7%

0.7%

Bottom quintile

1.6%

2.2%

2.0%

2.4%

2.3%

1.9%

1.9%

Top quintile

0.7%

0.7%

0.6%

0.7%

0.5%

0.4%

0.4%

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