Texas Paid the Second-Most Federal Taxes of Any State in Fiscal 2025
Texans and Texas businesses paid $479.5 billion in federal taxes in fiscal 2025, 9.02 percent of everything the IRS collected. Only California paid more. Texas's share has risen from 7.59 percent in fiscal 2021.
$479.5B
federal taxes paid from Texas, FY2025
Federal taxes from Texas reached $479.5B in fiscal 2025
How to Cite
Source: Texas Nationalist Movement analysis, thetnm.org/data/texas-federal-taxes
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Method
Figures are IRS gross collections by state from Table 5 of the IRS Data Book, for each federal fiscal year. They cover individual income and payroll taxes, corporate income tax, excise, estate and gift taxes, before refunds.
The IRS assigns a collection to the state of the filer's address. A corporation's taxes are counted where it files, usually its headquarters, so the series measures taxes collected from filers in Texas rather than taxes borne by Texas residents alone.
The share is Texas's collections over the IRS's total for the year. Can Texas Make It? uses Texas's average share over fiscal 2019 to 2024 to apportion federal interest and borrowing.
The Data
| Fiscal year | Collected from Texas | All IRS gross collections | Texas share | Rank among states |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 292.3 | 3564.6 | 8.20% | 3 |
| 2020 | 275.5 | 3493.1 | 7.89% | 3 |
| 2021 | 312.1 | 4111.6 | 7.59% | 3 |
| 2022 | 400.9 | 4901.5 | 8.18% | 2 |
| 2023 | 413.0 | 4694.3 | 8.80% | 2 |
| 2024 | 417.4 | 5100.5 | 8.18% | 2 |
| 2025 | 479.5 | 5313.8 | 9.02% | 2 |
$ billions. Rank is among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Published October 23, 2026 by the Texas Nationalist Movement.