Individual Income and Payroll Taxes

The U.S. federal individual income tax was enacted in 1913 following the passage of the 16th Amendment. Today, most states and a small number of local and municipal governments also collect income taxes.

Federal Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets

State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets

Rate Reductions Would Put Michigan in Top 10

February 9, 2022

Top Personal Income Tax Rates in Europe

February 8, 2022

Mississippi Nears Income Tax Repeal but Additional Work Is Necessary

January 24, 2022

Taxes, Fiscal Policy, and Inflation

January 24, 2022

Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2022 Update

January 20, 2022

What the U.S. Can Learn from the Adoption (and Repeal) of Wealth Taxes in the OECD

January 18, 2022

State Tax Changes Effective January 1, 2022

January 11, 2022

California Considers Doubling its Taxes

January 6, 2022

Americans Moved to Low-Tax States in 2021

January 4, 2022

Why Washington State Can’t Claim Its Capital Gains Tax Is an Excise Tax

December 16, 2021

Permanent Build Back Better Act Would Likely Require Large Tax Increases on the Middle Class

December 15, 2021

Arkansas’s Sustainable Tax Reform: A Gift That Will Keep On Giving

December 9, 2021

Traveling for the Holidays? States Would Like the Gift of Taxes

December 8, 2021

North Carolina Reinforces Its Tax Reform Legacy

December 3, 2021

Aligning Kentucky’s Tax Code for Growth

November 30, 2021

Mississippians Would Benefit from Sustainable Income Tax Reduction

November 23, 2021

Business Tax Collections Within Historical Norm After Accounting for Pass-through Business Taxes

November 18, 2021

Comparing Europe’s Tax Systems: Individual Taxes