Income shifting erodes the U.S. corporate income tax base: Corporate income tax revenue, and corporate income tax revenue with income shifting, as a share of GDP, 1983–2012

Year Corporate income tax revenue with income shifting Corporate income tax revenue without income shifting
1983 1.0% 0.9%
1984 1.4% 1.3%
1985 1.4% 1.4%
1986 1.4% 1.4%
1987 1.8% 1.7%
1988 1.8% 1.8%
1989 1.9% 1.9%
1990 1.6% 1.6%
1991 1.6% 1.6%
1992 1.6% 1.6%
1993 1.7% 1.8%
1994 2.0% 2.0%
1995 2.1% 2.1%
1996 2.2% 2.2%
1997 2.1% 2.2%
1998 2.1% 2.2%
1999 1.9% 2.1%
2000 2.0% 2.2%
2001 1.4% 1.6%
2002 1.4% 1.6%
2003 1.2% 1.5%
2004 1.6% 1.9%
2005 2.2% 2.6%
2006 2.6% 3.0%
2007 2.6% 3.1%
2008 2.1% 2.6%
2009 1.0% 1.4%
2010 1.3% 1.9%
2011 1.2% 1.8%
2012 1.5% 2.2%

Source: ATF and EPI analysis of Clausing (2016, 24) and OMB (2016a)

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