After-tax corporate profits as share of GDP, and corporate income taxes as share of GDP and federal revenue, 1952–2015

Fiscal Year Corporate income taxes as a percentage of federal revenue Corporate income taxes as a share of GDP After-tax corporate profits as a share of GDP
1952 32.1% 5.9% 5.5%
1953 30.5% 5.6% 5.1%
1954 30.3% 5.4% 5.6%
1955 27.3% 4.4% 6.6%
1956 28.0% 4.8% 6.2%
1957 26.5% 4.6% 5.8%
1958 25.2% 4.2% 5.2%
1959 21.8% 3.4% 6.1%
1960 23.2% 4.0% 5.9%
1961 22.2% 3.8% 5.9%
1962 20.6% 3.5% 6.6%
1963 20.3% 3.5% 6.9%
1964 20.9% 3.5% 7.2%
1965 21.8% 3.6% 7.8%
1966 23.0% 3.8% 7.6%
1967 22.8% 4.1% 7.1%
1968 18.7% 3.2% 6.6%
1969 19.6% 3.7% 5.7%
1970 17.0% 3.1% 4.8%
1971 14.3% 2.4% 5.4%
1972 15.5% 2.6% 5.8%
1973 15.7% 2.7% 5.8%
1974 14.7% 2.6% 4.7%
1975 14.6% 2.5% 5.2%
1976 13.9% 2.3% 5.8%
1977 15.4% 2.7% 6.3%
1978 15.0% 2.6% 6.5%
1979 14.2% 2.6% 6.0%
1980 12.5% 2.3% 4.8%
1981 10.2% 1.9% 5.1%
1982 8.0% 1.5% 4.9%
1983 6.2% 1.0% 5.5%
1984 8.5% 1.4% 5.9%
1985 8.4% 1.4% 5.9%
1986 8.2% 1.4% 4.7%
1987 9.8% 1.8% 4.8%
1988 10.4% 1.8% 5.2%
1989 10.4% 1.9% 4.7%
1990 9.1% 1.6% 4.5%
1991 9.3% 1.6% 5.1%
1992 9.2% 1.6% 5.0%
1993 10.2% 1.7% 5.1%
1994 11.2% 2.0% 5.9%
1995 11.6% 2.1% 6.3%
1996 11.8% 2.2% 6.8%
1997 11.5% 2.1% 7.2%
1998 11.0% 2.1% 6.1%
1999 10.1% 1.9% 5.9%
2000 10.2% 2.0% 5.0%
2001 7.6% 1.4% 5.2%
2002 8.0% 1.4% 6.5%
2003 7.4% 1.2% 7.1%
2004 10.1% 1.6% 8.0%
2005 12.9% 2.2% 8.1%
2006 14.7% 2.6% 8.5%
2007 14.4% 2.6% 7.5%
2008 12.1% 2.1% 6.6%
2009 6.6% 1.0% 7.8%
2010 8.9% 1.3% 9.2%
2011 7.9% 1.2% 9.3%
2012 9.9% 1.5% 9.6%
2013 9.9% 1.6% 9.4%
2014 10.6% 1.9% 9.3%
2015 10.8% 1.9% 8.5%

Source: ATF and EPI analysis of OMB (2016a; 2016b) and BEA NIPA Table 1.12

View the underlying data on epi.org.