The numbers on U.S. federal tax revenues are in for the first two months of the 2017 fiscal year. And they’re massive.
From October through November of 2016, the federal government collected over $213 billion in individual income tax revenue. That’s a $6 billion increase from last year’s $207 billion. The record $213 billion is approximately 36 times as much as the $5.9 billion in customs duties the federal government collected on foreign imports brought into the U.S. during the same period.
Social Security and other payroll taxes clocked in at $164.9 billion for October and November of this year, while corporate income tax revenues surpassed $2.9 billion. (You can see the full report here.)
Now you know what we mean by “tax burden.” Individuals and small business owners alike are getting crushed by the Internal Revenue Service, and for what? The government collects more and more money, while persistently running budget deficits. The federal deficit for the 2016 fiscal year reached almost $600 billion, bringing the total national debt to over $19 trillion.
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