federal revenue

National treasury intake

Federal revenue is the money collected by a national government, primarily through taxation.

In the United States, it comes mainly from income taxes, payroll taxes, and corporate taxes: Federal revenue declined sharply during the recession.

The term appears frequently in discussions of budgets, deficits, and fiscal policy.

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user fees · corporate tax · licensing fees · treasury notes · fines and penalties · estate tax · capital gains tax · customs duties · savings bonds · national debt · budget deficit · excise tax · tolls · interest income · sales tax · payroll tax · value-added tax · fiscal policy

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governmental level

federal revenuestate revenue

Government's collected income

city revenue · state taxes · local taxes · municipal funding · municipal taxes

fiscal direction

federal revenuefederal spending

Government's allocation of funds

government spending

sector

federal revenuecorporate revenue

Firm's gross receipts

business revenue · household income · personal income

Family

federal, revenue, federalism, federalist, federation, federate, federated, confederate, confederation

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