Consumer expenditures and sales tax
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Table 1101. Quintiles of income before taxes: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012, (Selected Values)
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Income Quintiles
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ItemSubject to sales tax?All
consumer
units
Lowest
20
percent
Second
20
percent
Third
20
percent
Fourth
20
percent
Highest
20
percent
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Number of consumer units (in thousands)124,41624,92724,86324,84824,83624,942
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Income before taxes65,5969,98827,58547,26575,952167,010
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Income after taxes63,37010,17127,74346,77773,970158,024
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Average annual expenditures51,44222,15432,63243,00459,98099,368
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FoodYes6,5993,5024,5245,7987,83111,334
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Alcoholic beveragesYes451152260363559922
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HousingNo16,8878,83612,25814,75518,86329,705
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Apparel and servicesYes1,7367591,1321,3132,1213,352
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TransportationYes8,9983,4475,4628,18111,54916,344
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Health careNo3,5561,6772,7873,3634,1695,785
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EntertainmentYes2,6059891,6032,0562,9305,444
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Personal care products and servicesYes6282554075097751,194
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ReadingYes109446987135212
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EducationNo1,2076284315261,0463,399
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Tobacco products and smoking suppliesYes332301342386356273
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MiscellaneousYes8293766357367791,617
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Cash contributionsNo1,9136981,1091,3102,1894,252
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Personal insurance and pensionsNo5,5914891,6123,6236,67815,534
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Total taxable expenditures22,2879,82514,43419,42927,03540,692
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Percent of expenditures that are taxable43.3%44.3%44.2%45.2%45.1%41.0%
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Percent of after-tax income spent81.2%217.8%117.6%91.9%81.1%62.9%
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Sales tax on taxable expenditures at 7.15%1,5947021,0321,3891,9332,909
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Cost of raising sales tax by one cent22398144194270407
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Increased cost as percent of expenditures0.43%0.44%0.44%0.45%0.45%0.41%
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Increased cost as percent of income after taxes
0.35%0.97%0.52%0.42%0.37%0.26%