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Denmark’s Tax Burden since 1960

Catherine — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:57:52 +0000

Day 21 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Danish Ministry for Taxation

While I am not a fan of the picture I did think the data was interesting

“Tax Burden” = The total taxes and duties as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP)

2009 and 2010 are estimates

Payroll taxes 1970 vs 2004

Catherine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:59:25 +0000

Day 15 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Economist View

Here are tax rates by income group. In the graph we are looking at the payroll tax 1970 in blue and 2004 in red. I you might notice the payroll tax is much higher now especially on people in the bottom 99%.

State Tax Collection Drops Dramatically

Catherine — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:12:43 +0000

Day 14 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Rockefeller Institute of Government via Economix blog

Here is the percent change in tax collection (each point is an average of the previous 4 quarters).While local taxes (red) have decreased it has been state taxes (blue) that have taken a big hit since 2008

What is the effect of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit?

Catherine — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:29:18 +0000

Day 11 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From the Tax Foundation

This graph shows the combined effect of payroll and income tax on married couples living at the poverty level both with and without children (1970-2006).

Which taxes effect poor families the most?

Catherine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:15:51 +0000

Day 10 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From the Tax Foundation

This is showing the effect of different type of taxes on the poorest 20 percent from 1979-2005

Percent of US economy collected in taxes by US Federal Government

Catherine — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:56:59 +0000

Day 9 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Perot Charts

I almost forgot about Ross Perot and his charts. This is from a site someone set up (can’t figure out who) with some of them updated up until 2007:

How much income tax do people really pay?

Catherine — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:48 +0000

Day 8 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From New York Times

The Effective Federal Tax Rate looks at the % of income paid to the Federal Government at different incomes groups. In the graph below you can see how the percentage has changed over the last 30 years:

50 years of Corporate Tax Data

Catherine — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:51:52 +0000

Day 7 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Heritage Foundation

They have graphed the top tax rate for corporations with amount of corporate taxes collected as percent of GDP (since 1960)

From Tax Policy Center

Here is the corporate income tax as the percent of Federal Taxes collected (since 1950)

Historical Marginal Income Tax Rates

Catherine — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:32:29 +0000

Day 4 of 28 Days of Tax Data.

I always enjoy a graph of the marginal tax rate (i.e. the tax rate applied to the income of the very wealthy by the Federal Government). But I don’t know why they needed a 3-D line? From Starboard Broadside

Second graph is of the same data but not as pretty. From Balloon Juice

Here is one I created in 2007.

Emergence of China, India, and Brazil in the World Economy

Catherine — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:11:33 +0000

Created by Joe Swainson, recent graduate of University Arts London (Camberwell College). He created this poster to show the shift in our world economy with emergence of certain markets. Countries covered are: United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, Brazil, India, China. Data sources are United Nations historical data and Goldman Sachs forecasting data.

Each circle represents the size of the nation’s economy every decade from 1970 to 2050. The countries are ranked by GDP each decade from largest to smallest. Pay attention to the forecast for China, India and Brazil

If you are interested in having your work posted to Visualizing Economics let me know. Send me an email at catherine[at]visualizingeconomics.com with an example and explanation of your design, the source of your data and a link to your web site.