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    Gotcha! $1.08 Trillion: Gov’t Collects Record-High Taxes in First Four Months of Fiscal 2017

    Ali Meyer - Washington Free Beacon




    The federal government collected a record $1.08 trillion in taxes in the first four months of fiscal year 2017, but the federal government still ran a $157 billion deficit during that time, according to the latest monthly Treasury Department statement.

    Treasury receipts include tax revenue from individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, social insurance and retirement taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and other miscellaneous items.

    In the first four months of fiscal year 2017, which included October, November, December, and January, the amount of taxes collected by the federal government totaled $1,084,840,000,000. The 2017 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 2016, and runs through Sept. 30, 2017.

    The government collected more taxes during the first four months of this fiscal year than all previous fiscal years, even after adjusting for inflation. Last year during this time the federal government collected roughly $1.079 trillion in taxes.

    Most of the taxes came from individual income taxes, which comprised more than half of that total, totaling $550 billion.

    Although the federal government brought in approximately $1.08 trillion in revenue in the first four months of fiscal 2017, according to the Treasury, it also spent approximately $1.241 trillion, leaving a deficit of approximately $157 billion.

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    so is this money in the bank or just on paper ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by redred View Post
    so is this money in the bank or just on paper ?
    Collections. I interpret it to mean receipts.
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    There's a difference between the 2 imo

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    i finished my taxes and the fuckers want even more

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    Quote Originally Posted by deebakes View Post
    i finished my taxes and the fuckers want even more
    First time married filing jointly, between the wife and me we had more that $18k withheld in federal taxes alone, we're getting just a little over $4k back

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    First time married filing jointly, between the wife and me we had more that $18k withheld in federal taxes alone, we're getting just a little over $4k back
    at least you are getting a return damn greedy bastards

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    Quote Originally Posted by deebakes View Post
    at least you are getting a return damn greedy bastards

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    There seems to be a lot of surprises out there.
    Apparently the out going administration implemented a bunch of changes that are fucking tax payers.

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