Hello brand spanking new 2025! Why so cordial? Because this year should be a relatively easy one as far as taxes.
Congress didn’t make any major tax changes, at any point last year, so we’re dealing with tax provisions that are pretty familiar.
Also, we’re again on the usual tax calendar with its familiar deadlines. We know that unless a major disaster disrupts our lives in the early part of the year, we’ll need to get our taxes done by April 15.
Another thing that’s the same this year is this page. OK, it’s a different page, but it’s the 2025 version of the ol’ blog’s long-standing feature By the Numbers.
So what counts? Taxes are, of course, all about the digits. As far as those that make it into BtN (as I refer to it), potential figures range from tax rate percentages to dollar amounts to titles of tax legislation to raw numbers and more. Much, much more.
If it can be associated (per my sometimes skewed judgement) with taxes, federal or state, it counts!
And yes, I am the final judge and arbiter. So if you thing the math here on this page might not seem to add up, no worries. The BtN collection isn’t something the IRS is going to audit!
They all have some sort of tax connection, although sometimes it’s tangential and/or is based on what some say (OK, what the hubby says) is my penchant for absurdist humor.
However, there is nothing funny in the figures selected for the first BtN recognition of 2025. It’s a post on those who were in disaster areas, as mentioned earlier, last year and whose 2023 tax year filing deadlines were delayed into 2025.
I promise, though, that I’ll find some lighter numerical fare for future BtN honorees.
Weekend counting: In keeping with the counting tradition, the By the Numbers honorees will be added to this page’s running roster after they are highlighted in a post.
That usually will be on Sundays. Sometimes, though, a number gets early recognition, showing up on Saturday or even at the end of the traditional work week. And if some breaking tax news forces its way onto the ol’ blog on Sunday, then the number will appear the next week.
But whenever they show up, they are tallied.
Regardless of the timing, you can always find the numbers at the links in the ol’ blog’s right column under the multicolored numbers box, the same one that’s pictured at the top of this page. A click on the image will take you to the BtN category showing all the figures that have been featured. A click on the red By the Numbers text under the image will bring you to this collection of the 2025 tax numbers, with the most recent figure and blog post at the top of the list.
So here we go into the 15th year of the ol’ blog’s numerical tradition, with a jumpstart from the last BtN honoree of 2024.
- Oct. 1, 2025
Even if federal government shuts down, tax laws still in effect (Sept. 28, 2025) - Sept. 1, 2025
Self-employment tax considerations for this Labor Day (Aug. 30, 2025) - Form W-2
IRS releases draft 2026 Form W-2, incorporating no tax on tips or overtime income (Aug. 24, 2025) - $3,752
$3,752 is the average national one big bill tax cut, according to tax group’s calculations (Aug. 17, 2025) - Form W-2, 1099 forms, and Form 941
No changes this year to withholding tables or tax forms affected by OBBB (Aug. 10, 2025) - 1099-K, 1099-MISC, and 1099-NEC
OBBB increases reporting thresholds for 1099 forms K, MISC, and NEC (Aug. 3, 2025) - 2025
New OBBB tax breaks taking effect in 2025 (July 27, 2025) - Feb. 2, 2026
Burn areas in NM now get tax relief for June flooding (July 20, 2025) - H.R. 517
Bill to allow automatic IRS tax filing extensions in disasters awaits presidential signature (July 13, 2025) - 61.2 million
New senior bonus tax deduction benefits growing U.S. population segment (July 6, 2025) - 11 states
Sale of public lands dropped from one big tax bill (June 29, 2025) - $106.4 million
Justice Dept. budget cuts will eliminate special tax unit (June 22, 2025) - 72 million (and more dad data)
Uncle Sam’s tax break gifts for fathers (June 11, 2025) - $887 million
TIGTA report details savings from its IRS investigations (June 8, 2025) - IRS Publication 55-B
IRS collected record-breaking $5.1 trillion in taxes in 2024 (June 1, 2025) - $500 billion
Axing Energy Star could end consumer savings (and some state sales tax holidays) (May 24, 2025) - 15
5 states, 10 cities would benefit the most by a SALT cap hike (May 18, 2025) - 11,443
IRS has lost 11,000+ employees so far this year under Trump/Musk cuts (May 11, 2025) - 22.6 percent
Trump’s FY26 budget seeks 23% cut in domestic programs (May 4, 2025) - May 1, 2025
May 1 is disaster-delayed Tax Day for filers in 8 states (April 27, 2025) - 3
Rapid-fire IRS leadership changes during tax filing week (April 20, 2025) - April 15
April 15 is the deadline for more than just filing Form 1040 (April 13, 2025) - Form 4868
File for an extension if you can’t finish your taxes by April 15 (April 6, 2025) - 58 percent
Most Americans favor raising taxes on higher-earners and big businesses (March 30, 2025) - 3
How your state pays for its roads (March 23, 2025) - $2.4 trillion
Proposed IRS layoffs could cost U.S. $2.4 trillion (March 16, 2025) - IRS Notice 2025-16 and IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-17
IRS announces 2025 tax year allowances for international locales with expensive housing (March 9, 2025) - $220,000
Oscars swag bags hold $220,000 in taxable goodies (March 1, 2025) - 20 percent
House Budget chair proposes halving estate tax rate (Feb. 23, 2025) - 15,000
IRS could fire 15,000 employees this coming week (Feb. 16, 2025) - 5
IRS auctioning Tekashi 6ix9ine property to cover some of the rapper’s tax debt (Feb. 9, 2025) - Feb. 2
When Tax Groundhog Day, aka fixing a prior return by filing Form 1040-X, is wise (Feb. 2, 2025) - 10
IRS Criminal Investigation’s top 10 cases of 2024 (Jan. 26, 2025) - 50
GOP looking at 200+ spending cuts and tax changes (Jan. 19, 2025) - Oct. 15, 2026
California wildfire victims qualify for tax relief, including delayed Oct. 15, 2025, filing and payment deadline (Jan. 12, 2025) And yes, the year 2026 in the link is correct; it’s a special deadline that disaster area filers must meet to decide which tax year to claim a tax deduction for disaster losses. - Feb. 3, May 1, Sept. 30
Taxpayers in 24 states and 2 territories facing disaster-delayed 2023 filing deadlines (Jan. 5, 2025) - Dec. 31
Tax matters that matter on December 31 (Dec. 29, 2024)
Need more numbers? You can recount the featured figures from 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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