claim: "the average tax bill for americans in 2016 was a 41 percent increase from 2013."
author: lamar smith
evidence_1: aug 30, 2017 ... the same data also shows that in three years—from 2013 to 2016—the average  tax bill for americans increased 41.13 percent. in 2016 ...
evidence_2: aug 31, 2017 ... americans spent more money on taxes than they did on food and clothing last ...  in an assessment of “consumer expenditures” for 2016, the bureau of labor  statistics showed the average bill for ... recent years -- the average tax bill rose  41 percent overall since 2013. .... please change your display name.
evidence_3: aug 31, 2017 ... americans on average spent more of their 2016 income on taxes than they ... the  new data also revealed that taxes paid by americans increased from 2013 to  2016. ... that is a 41 percent increase for combined local, state, and federal taxes . ... kamala harris trashes private jet tax break in gop bill that ...
evidence_4: sep 7, 2017 ... though the bls data do show that the average tax bill in 2016 across all ... value  of federal, state and local taxes has increased by 41% since 2013. ... taxes have  ticked up just two percentage points, from 12% to 14%, largely ...
evidence_5: in 2016, the federal government collected $3.3 trillion in taxes. .... last year my  federal tax bill—the income tax i paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and ...  their tax burdens ranged from 33 percent to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent . ... this can artificially increase the effective average tax rate faced by a taxpayer.