United States - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU) in United States was 1,916,840,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,957,990,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 126,960,000,000 in 1972.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 126,960,000,000
1973 139,470,000,000
1974 157,640,000,000
1975 163,080,000,000
1976 173,070,000,000
1977 211,690,000,000
1978 241,030,000,000
1979 283,590,000,000
1980 308,740,000,000
1981 346,780,000,000
1982 347,420,000,000
1983 326,080,000,000
1984 355,530,000,000
1985 396,100,000,000
1986 412,310,000,000
1987 476,720,000,000
1988 495,650,000,000
1989 549,320,000,000
1990 560,570,000,000
1991 566,130,000,000
1992 576,940,000,000
1993 627,410,000,000
1994 683,680,000,000
1995 747,430,000,000
1996 828,530,000,000
1997 920,250,000,000
1998 1,017,270,000,000
1999 1,064,250,000,000
2000 1,212,030,000,000
2001 1,141,540,000,000
2002 966,360,000,000
2003 963,657,000,000
2004 1,045,330,000,000
2005 1,268,410,000,000
2006 1,435,530,000,000
2007 1,513,030,000,000
2008 1,395,530,000,000
2009 1,032,280,000,000
2010 1,176,820,000,000
2011 1,369,780,000,000
2012 1,457,790,000,000
2013 1,619,410,000,000
2014 1,763,760,000,000
2015 1,883,850,000,000
2016 1,883,870,000,000
2017 1,884,570,000,000
2018 1,854,320,000,000
2019 1,957,990,000,000
2020 1,916,840,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance