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Internal Revenue Service Statistics

 2005200420022001200019961995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1970 
U.S. population (in
 thousands)
297,560294,721289,437285,791283,212266,210263,717 261,348 259,015 256,219 252,901 204,878 
Number of IRS employees 94,26998,735100,22997,70797,074106,642112,024 110,665 113,352 116,673 115,628 68,683 
Cost to govt. of collecting
 $100 in taxes
$0.44$0.48$0.45$0.41 $0.39$0.49$0.54 $0.57 $0.60 $0.58 $0.56 $0.45 
Tax per capita$7,625$6,848.87$6,967.40$7,448.90$7,404.04$5,584.11$5,216.70 $4,884.17 $4,543.33 $4,374.38 $4,343.84 $955.31 
Collections by principal sources (in thousands of dollars)
 Total IRS collections $2,268,895$2,018,502,103$2,016,627,269$2,128,831,182$2,096,916,925$1,486,546,674$1,375,731,835 $1,276,466,776 $1,176,685,625 $1,120,799,558 $1,086,851,401 $195,722,096 
 Income and profits taxes              
  Individual $1,107,500,994$990,248,760$1,037,733,908$1,178,209,8801,137,077,702$745,313,276$675,779,337 $619,819,153 $585,774,159 $557,723,156 $546,876,876 $103,651,585 
  Corporation$307,094,837$230,619,359$211,437,773$186,731,643$235,654,894$189,054,791$174,422,173 $154,204,684 $131,547,509 $117,950,796 $113,598,569 $35,036,983 
 Employment taxes $771,441,662$717,247,296$688,077,238$682,222,895$639,651,814$492,365,178$465,405,305 $443,831,352 $411,510,516 $400,080,904 $384,451,220 $37,449,188 
 Estate and gift taxes$25,605,531$25,579,462$27,241,515$29,247,916$29,721,620$17,591,817$15,144,394 $15,606,793 $12,890,965 $11,479,116 $11,473,141 $3,680,076 
 Alcohol taxes (1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)$4,746,382 
 Tobacco taxes(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1) $2,094,212 
 Excise taxes$57,252,098$54,807,225$52,136,835$52,418,848$54,810,895$42,221,611$44,980,627 $43,004,794 $34,962,476 $33,565,587 $30,451,596 $2,380,609 
NOTE: For fiscal year ending Sept. 30th.
1. Alcohol and tobacco tax collections are now collected and reported by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Source: 2005 IRS Data Book.

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