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Last update 05/29/2005

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Tax Collections
The percentages for 1968 and 1997 are based on a ratio of individual, corporate, and employment taxes collected to total tax collections by the Internal Revenue Service.	Individual Income Tax
	1968	1997
	50.9%	50.8%
	Corporate Income Tax
	1968	1997
	19.5%	12.6%
	Employment Tax
	1968	1997
	18.3%	32.0%
Deductions
Total Deductions (Itemized plus Standard) as a percentage of AGI.	1944
	11%
	1968
	16.5%
	1986
	24.6%
	1996
	22%

Returns Filed	1975	1980	1985	1990	1994	1995	1996
All returns	82,229,332	93,902,469	101,660,287	113,717,138	115,943,131	118,218,327	120,351,208
Form 1040 returns	54,527,726	57,122,592	67,006,425	69,270,236	66,390,936	64,774,724	66,264,999
Form 1040A returns	27,701,606	36,779,877	18,124,702	25,917,288	26,051,305	24,463,262	24,579,173
Form 1040EZ returns	N/A	N/A	16,529,160	18,529,614	20,507,577	21,644,177	21,196,154

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