$5.3 trillion
About how much in gross taxes did the IRS collect in fiscal year 2025?
That total is before refunds; the IRS also sent back $638.8 billion in refunds that year.
Source: IRS, SOI Tax Stats – IRS Data Book, FY2025 (2025) irs.gov
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93.7%
What share of individual federal tax returns were filed electronically in fiscal 2025?
Only about 10.3 million of the 162.8 million individual returns were still filed on paper.
Source: IRS Data Book, FY2025 (Publication 55B) (2025) irs.gov
25.6%
What was the United States' tax-to-GDP ratio in 2024?
That ranked the U.S. 31st of 38 OECD countries; its ratio has fallen from 28.3% in 2000.
Source: OECD, Revenue Statistics 2025: The United States (2024) oecd.org
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