The Changing Distribution of Federal Taxes, 1975-1990

I. Introduction -- II. Overview of federal revenues and federal tax legislation, 1975-1990 -- III. Who pays the taxes? -- IV. Measuring family income -- V. Distribution of federal taxes in 1977, 1984, and 1988 -- VI. Effect of tax law changes on the distribution of federal taxes -- Appendix A. Additional detail on the distribution of income -- Appendix B. Additonal detail on the distribution of federal taxes -- Appendix C. Gini coefficients and Suits indexes.