Income Tax Gross Collections, 1910-2004

U.S. Federal Income Taxes
(millions of dollars)
Year
Total
Individual
Corporate
Percent (%) Corporate
1910 21 0 21 100
1911 34 0 34 100
1912 29 0 29 100
1913 35 0 35 100
1914 71 28 43 60.6
1915 80 41 39 48.8
1916 125 68 57 45.6
1917 387 198 189 48.8
1918 2,852 696 2,156 75.6
1919 2,601 684 1,917 73.7
1920 3,957 1,458 2,499 63.2
1921 3,228 1,285 1,943 60.2
1922 2,087 1,057 1,030 49.4
1923 1,691 885 806 47.7
1924 1,842 762 1,080 58.6
1925 1,762 845 916 52.0
1926 1,974 879 1,095 55.5
1927 2,220 912 1,308 58.9
1928 2,175 883 1,292 59.4
1929 2,331 1,096 1,236 53.0
1930 2,410 1,147 1,263 52.4
1931 1,860 834 1,026 55.2
1932 1,057 427 630 59.6
1933 747 353 394 52.7
1934 820 420 400 48.8
1935 1,106 527 579 52.4
1936 1,427 674 753 52.8
1937 2,180 1,092 1,088 49.9
1938 2,629 1,286 1,343 51.1
1939 2,185 1,029 1,156 52.9
1940 2,130 982 1,148 53.9
1941 3,471 1,418 2,053 59.1
1942 8,007 3,263 4,744 59.2
1943 16,299 6,630 9,669 59.3
1944 33,028 18,261 14,767 44.7
1945 35,062 19,034 16,027 45.7
1946 31,258 18,705 12,554 40.2
1947 29,020 19,343 9,676 33.3
1948 31,172 20,998 10,174 32.6
1949 29,605 18,052 11,554 39.0
1950 28,008 17,153 10,854 38.8
1951 37,385 22,997 14,388 38.5
1952 50,741 29,274 21,467 42.3
1953 54,131 32,536 21,595 39.9
1954 54,360 32,814 21,546 39.6
1955 49,915 31,650 18,265 36.6
1956 56,636 35,338 21,299 37.6
1957 60,560 39,030 21,531 35.6
1958 59,102 38,569 20,533 34.7
1959 58,826 40,735 18,092 30.8
1960 67,125 44,946 22,179 33.0
1961 67,918 46,153 21,765 32.0
1962 71,945 50,650 21,296 29.6
1963 75,324 52,988 22,336 29.7
1964 78,891 54,590 24,301 30.8
1965 79,792 53,661 26,131 32.7
1966 92,132 61,298 30,834 33.5
1967 104,288 69,371 34,918 33.5
1968 108,149 78,252 29,897 27.6
1969 135,778 97,440 38,338 28.2
1970 138,689 103,652 35,037 25.3
1971 131,072 100,752 30,320 23.1
1972 143,805 108,879 34,926 24.3
1973 164,157 125,112 39,045 23.8
1974 184,648 142,904 41,744 22.6
1975 202,146 156,399 45,747 22.6
1976 205,752 158,969 46,783 22.7
1977 246,805 186,755 60,050 24.3
1978 278,438 213,058 65,380 23.5
1979 322,994 251,546 71,448 22.1
1980 359,927 287,548 72,380 20.1
1981 406,583 332,850 73,733 18.1
1982 418,600 352,609 65,991 15.8
1983 411,408 349,628 61,780 15.0
1984 437,071 362,892 74,179 17.0
1985 474,072 396,660 77,413 16.3
1986 497,406 416,965 80,442 16.2
1987 568,311 465,452 102,859 18.1
1988 583,349 473,667 109,683 18.8
1989 632,746 515,732 117,015 18.5
1990 650,245 540,228 110,017 16.9
1991 660,475 546,877 113,599 17.2
1992 675,674 557,723 117,951 17.5
1993 717,322 585,774 131,548 18.3
1994 774,024 619,819 154,205 19.9
1995 850,202 675,779 174,422 20.5
1996 934,368 745,313 189,055 20.2
1997 1,029,513 825,021 204,492 19.9
1998 1,141,336 928,066 213,270 18.7
1999 1,218,511 1,002,186 216,325 17.8
2000 1,372,733 1,137,078 235,655 17.2
2001 1,364,942 1,178,210 186,732 13.7
2002 1,249,172 1,037,734 211,438 16.9
2003 1,181,355 987,209 194,146 16.4
2004 1,220,868 990,249 230,619 18.9

Source: Susan B. Long, The Internal Revenue Service: Measuring Tax Offenses and Enforcement Response,
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980; IRS Data Book, 1997-2004.

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