Graph and download economic data for Federal government current tax receipts (W006RC1Q027SBEA) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about receipts, tax, federal, government, GDP, and USA.

In 2024/25 the value of tax receipts for the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 840 billion British pounds. Tax receipts form the bulk of UK government income, based on various direct and indirect taxes. Although tax income has gradually increased throughout most of this period, there is a noticeable dip in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tax revenue sources Of the revenue generated by taxation in 2024/25, over 301 billion of this came from Income Tax receipts, which was the main source of direct tax income for the government. After income tax, the next most substantial direct tax were contributions from National Insurance, which amounted to just over 172.5 billion pounds of tax revenue. The UK's main goods and services tax; Value-added Tax (VAT) amounted to 170.6 billion pounds, while Corporation Tax receipts raised 91.6 billion pounds. Although other smaller direct and indirect taxes produce notable income, these four sources were by far the main sources of income in the previous financial year. UK government finances While taxes and other sources of income raised more than 1.13 trillion pounds in 2024/25, the UK government expenditure was around 1.28 trillion pounds. This gap between revenue and expenditure was financed via government borrowing, which amounted to almost 152 billion pounds. As the UK government has been spending more than it earns for several years, this has resulted in a significant government debt of 2.8 trillion pounds building up, the equivalent of just under 96 percent of GDP in 2024/25.

The total receipts of the United States government added up to about 4.92 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. This was a slight increase from 2023 levels.

The total annual receipts of the U.S. government added up to about 8.4 trillion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2025. This is an increase from the first quarter of 2009, when annual governmental receipts totaled to about 3.7 trillion U.S. dollars.

Graph and download economic data for Government current tax receipts (W054RC1Q027SBEA) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about receipts, tax, government, GDP, and USA.

In the fiscal year of 2024, the state of California collected a total of 265 billion U.S. dollars in tax revenue, the highest of any state. New York collected the second highest amount of taxes in that year, coming in at 120 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2024/25, income tax receipts in the United Kingdom amounted to 301 billion British pounds, compared with 275 billion in the previous year. Although the value of income tax receipts has grown quite consistently throughout this period, there is a sharp increase observable from 2021/22 onwards. The period of high inflation from 2021 onwards led to faster wage growth, which pushed many UK workers into higher tax bands, resulting in the increased income tax revenue. Income tax brackets The amount which workers in the United Kingdom pay in income tax is determined by how much they earn, placing them in different income tax bands. All workers in the United Kingdom are entitled to earn a personal allowance of 12,750 pounds before they are charged income tax. The Basic rate of 20 percent applies to income between 12,750 and 50,270 pounds, with a higher rate of 40 percent charged on incomes between 50,271 and 125,140 pounds. The highest tax band stands at 45 percent, for earnings over 125,140 pounds. Main UK taxes Income tax is the largest source of UK government revenue, accounting for 11 percent of gross domestic product in 2025/26. Value Added Tax was the next largest source of UK government revenue, followed by National Insurance, and Corporation Tax. Value Added Tax or VAT is the largest indirect tax in the UK, and is raised via a 20 percent levy on most goods and services sold in the UK. National Insurance Contributions form an additional direct tax on earnings in the UK, while Corporation Tax taxes the profits of companies resident in the UK.

Graph and download economic data for Federal government current tax receipts: Taxes on corporate income (B075RC1Q027SBEA) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about receipts, tax, corporate, federal, government, income, GDP, and USA.

This dataset presents information on historical central government revenues for 31 countries in Europe and the Americas for the period from 1800 (or independence) to 2012. The countries included are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany (West Germany between 1949 and 1990), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In other words, the dataset includes all South American, North American, and Western European countries with a population of more than one million, plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Mexico. The dataset contains information on the public finances of central governments. To make such information comparable cross-nationally the researchers chose to normalize nominal revenue figures in two ways: (i) as a share of the total budget, and (ii) as a share of total gross domestic product. The total tax revenue of the central state is disaggregated guided by the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which provides a classification of types of revenue, and describes in detail the contents of each classification category. Given the paucity of detailed historical data and the needs of our project, researchers combined some subcategories. First, they were interested in total tax revenue, as well as the shares of total revenue coming from direct and indirect taxes. Further, they measured two sub-categories of direct taxation, namely taxes on property and income. For indirect taxes, they separated excises, consumption, and customs.

A breakdown of UK public sector income by latest month, financial year-to-date and full financial year, with comparisons with the same period in the previous financial year.

In 2024, the total revenues of the U.S. government totaled around 4.92 trillion U.S. dollars. Revenues consist of individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes and other taxes. Individual income taxes amounted to 2.43 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, whereas corporate income taxes totaled 530 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2023, revenue from individual income tax accounted for 49 percent of total tax revenues collected by the U.S. federal government. By 2029, these taxes are expected to account for 52 percent, reflecting a small decrease. Corporation income tax, however, is expected to increase from 9.4 percent in 2023, to 10.9 percent by 2029.

This Dataset contains year and tax component-wise total amount of receipts under Revenue Receipts (Tax, Non-Tax Revenues)

Note: Data for 2024-25 is Revised Estimates and 2025-26 is Budget Estimates

Graph and download economic data for State and local government current tax receipts (W070RC1Q027SBEA) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about state & local, receipts, tax, government, GDP, and USA.

United States - Federal government current tax receipts was 3488.66500 Bil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Federal government current tax receipts reached a record high of 3488.66500 in April of 2025 and a record low of 31.33600 in October of 1949. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Federal government current tax receipts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

Government Revenues in the United States decreased to 404371 USD Million in October from 543663 USD Million in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Government Revenues- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

United States - Government current tax receipts was 6215.57500 Bil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Government current tax receipts reached a record high of 6215.57500 in April of 2025 and a record low of 46.74800 in October of 1949. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Government current tax receipts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

In 2024/25, income tax accounted for 10.5 percent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom, the largest tax as a share of GDP in this financial year. Throughout this time period, income tax has accounted for the highest share of GDP among UK taxes, followed by VAT and National Insurance Tax being the second-largest tax, depending on the relevant year. What does the government spend this on? For the 2025/26 fiscal year, the UK government expects to spend around 379 billion British pounds on social protection, which includes spending on pensions and welfare. The budget for health spending is 277 billion pounds, followed by 146 billion pounds on education. Since the 1980s, the share of GDP the UK spends on health has increased substantially, growing from four percent in 1984/85, to seven percent before the COVID-19 pandemic. By contrast, spending on defence fell from 4.6 percent of GDP to just 1.8 percent in the same time period. Debt approaching 100 percent of GPD The fourth-largest spending category in the latest UK government budget was that of debt interest, at a substantial 126 billion pounds. After taking a significant economic hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK's government debt increased from around 80 percent of GDP, to almost 97 percent in one fiscal year. Although that debt is not expected to increase further in the coming years, the costs of financing that debt has put immense pressure on government finances, especially with rising borrowing costs.