Us Income Tax Rates Historical

Federal individual income tax rates history nominal dollars income years 1913 2013 nominal.
Us income tax rates historical. The highest income tax rate jumped from 15 percent in 1916 to 67 percent in 1917 to 77 percent in 1918. 2021 tax rates and income brackets use these. Download toprate historical pdf 8 91 kb. Then the internal revenue service adjusts the income brackets each year usually in late october or early november based on inflation.
Congress sets the rates and a baseline income amount that falls into them when a tax law is created or changed. Download toprate historical xlsx 12 15 kb. Historical highest marginal personal income tax rates 1913 to 2020. Nominal married filing jointly married filing separately single head of household.
After the war federal income tax rates took on the steam of the roaring 1920s dropping to 25 percent from 1925 through 1931. Federal individual income tax rates history 1862 2013 nominal and inflation adjusted brackets october 17 2013 to zoom in print select text or search the following document please use the grey toolbar below.