(08-02-2018, 04:39 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(08-02-2018, 04:29 PM)mikesez Wrote: That's plausible, but, the data do not show this.  No matter how you slice it federal revenue is shrinking once you account for inflation.

Who needs the nutmeg now brother.

Also ur characterization of the April #s are wrong.  The reason for month over previous years month comparisons is because the general economic and filing variables are constant.  EVERY April taxes have to get filed and people write checks.

Receipts not in April, and especially after April, are mostly automatic withholding.
Automatic withholding is exclusively computed based on current year tax rates 
Receipts in April are mostly tax returns from people who withhled too little.  They are computed based on prior year tax rates.
You can't give Trump's tax cuts credit for the receipts total in April 2018.  You'd have to wait until April 2019 for a fair comparison.

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