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U.S. tax system progressivity

The progressive statutory rate structure and the concentration of taxable realized income at the top in 2022

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Jan 18, 2026
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How does the 2025 $6,000 senior deduction phase out based on Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)?

The new, temporary $6,000 "senior" deduction for taxpayers age 65+ in tax years 2025–2028 is subject to an income-based phaseout tied to Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI): it is fully available at...

Jan 16, 2026
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What are the exact IRS Publication 590‑B life‑expectancy divisors for every age in 2026 (full table)?

The IRS’s Publication 590‑B includes the official life‑expectancy divisors (Appendix B Tables I–III) used to compute required minimum distributions (RMDs), and those divisors applicable for 2026 appea...

Feb 6, 2026

What tax credits and incentives reduced U.S. corporate tax liabilities for clean energy companies after 2022?

The remade the federal clean-energy incentive landscape for corporations by extending traditional investment and production tax credits, creating new technology‑neutral credits to replace them, and ad...

Feb 3, 2026

What would a national retail sales tax need to look like to replace current federal receipts without increasing regressivity?

A capable of replacing current federal receipts without increasing regressivity would require three mutually reinforcing design elements: a very broad tax base, a high headline rate (or higher if exem...

Jan 25, 2026

what is the income tax distribution in the us

The is a progressive, marginal-rate system with seven primary brackets for tax year 2026—10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35% and 37%—and income thresholds adjusted for inflation and recent law changes (One B...

Jan 17, 2026

Which states paid the most federal taxes in 2022 by dollar amount?

The largest dollar contributors of federal taxes in 2022 were the nation’s most populous and highest‑income states, led by California at roughly $692 billion, followed by New York, Texas, Florida and ...