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The data on this page presents payroll tax information reported on Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return. The data for this table are based on the population of Form 941 returns received and processed by the IRS, shown as reported by the taxpayer before IRS examination.

This area contains statistics on tax collections by type of tax, as well as by State, for over 30 years. Additional data are also available here.

Welcome to the IRS’s Statistics of Income (SOI) program, where you can find out about what we do, the services and products we offer, and how you can work with us.

The Statistics of Income (SOI) Bulletin is issued quarterly by the Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service. The report provides the earliest published annual financial statistics obtained from the various types of tax and information returns filed, as well as information from periodic or special analytical studies of particular interest to students of the U.S. tax system, tax policymakers, and tax administrators. Selected historical and other data tables, previously published in the spring issue of the Bulletin are now only available on SOI’s pages of the IRS Website.

The Statistics of Income Bulletin is issued quarterly by the Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service. This report provides the earliest published annual financial statistics obtained from the various types of tax and information returns filed, as well as information from periodic or special analytical studies of particular interest to students of the U.S. tax system, tax policymakers, and tax administrators.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, was enacted in March 2020 and created a refundable tax credit for individuals. The advance payment of this “2020 recovery rebate for individuals” is referred to as the first round of economic impact payments (First Round EIPs). The tabulations found on this page provide data on those First Round EIPs, which were distributed to individuals by the end of 2020.

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The Internal Revenue Service and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center co-sponsor a tax administration research conference. General areas of interest include measuring and influencing taxpayer compliance, estimating taxpayer compliance costs (burden), tax complexity, improving tax administration (e.g., through service, enforcement, systems, third parties, changing the tax law or regulations, etc.), and understanding the nature and behavior of the taxpayer population.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center plan to co-sponsor their 15th annual tax administration research conference next year. It will be held on June 12, 2025, at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.