Tax Slavery Days
Economists at the Foundation have tracked Tax Freedom Day for the last 25 years. This is the day on which you’ve worked enough to pay all of your taxes and you can start spending money on yourself.
Tax Freedom Day has been celebrated later and later since Americans began paying federal income taxes in 1913. Back then, Tax Freedom Day fell on January 30. In 2000, the average American income earner worked 50 days to pay individual income tax, 30 days to pay social insurance taxes, 16 days to pay sales taxes, 10 days to pay property taxes, 12 days to pay corporate income taxes, three days to pay business taxes and two days to pay all other taxes.