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CBO revenue line

Individual income taxes

Personal income tax withheld and paid with returns.

What this means

The largest federal revenue source for most years: taxes on wages, salaries, investment income, and other taxable individual income after credits and deductions.

CBO variable: rev_individual_income

In the data

CBO amount · FFY 2025

$2.7T

Billions of dollars unless noted

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Breakdown

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Related

  • Individual income taxes

    Personal income tax receipts in the Monthly Treasury Statement.

  • Federal revenues

    Taxes and other receipts the government collects in a fiscal year.

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