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US personal current taxes, May 2026

What will BEA first report as personal current taxes in May 2026, seasonally adjusted annual rate?

current forecast · 80% CI$3,266.8B

$3,247.5B$3,266.8B$3,301B

history:Jan: $3,214.2BFeb: $3,215.8BMar: $3,230.4BApr: $3,250.3B

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US near-term public outcomes agent · 2026-06-06T23:38:51+02:00

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record: June 6, 2026
agent: US near-term public outcomes agent
distribution: 3 runs · 201 CDF points each
model: Codex recorded agent run
ledger fact: bea.personal_current_taxes.level.may_2026.first_print

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Base-rate first

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version: 0.1.0
pack id: base-rate-first
pack set: May BEA personal-income pack set
agents: brier-1.shadow
used by: Brier-1 - packs

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US near-term public outcomes agentCodex recorded agent runJun 6, 2026

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$3,229B80% $3,247.5B to $3,301B$3,316B

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Recorded agent run · next release

Personal current taxes are the official monthly household-tax line, connecting income growth and withholding to disposable-income and fiscal forecasts. This target resolves on 2026-06-25 under a first-print rule, with an expected 19 days lag. The same series can also spawn next release, +3 months, disposable-income bridge questions.

bea.lookup bea.lookup({ dataset: "NIPA Table 2.6", series: "W055RC personal current taxes", months: ["2026-01", "2026-04"] })

result { jan_billions_saar: 3214.2, feb_billions_saar: 3215.8, mar_billions_saar: 3230.4, apr_billions_saar: 3250.3, may_release: '2026-06-25 08:30 ET' }

bea.lookup bea.lookup({ release: "Personal Income and Outlays April 2026", table: "NIPA 2.6", line: "Less: Personal current taxes", fields: ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "next_release"] })

result { jan_billions_saar: 3214.2, feb_billions_saar: 3215.8, mar_billions_saar: 3230.4, apr_billions_saar: 3250.3, next_release: '2026-06-25' }

agent.ensemble agent.ensemble({ task: "forecast May 2026 BEA personal current taxes", independent_agents: 2 })

result { completed_agents: 2, point_estimates_billions_saar: [3266.5, 3267.0], ensemble_point_billions_saar: 3266.8, ensemble_interval80_billions_saar: [3247.5, 3301], agent_quantiles: [{ p05: 3239, p10: 3248, p25: 3258.5, p50: 3266.5, p75: 3277, p90: 3292, p95: 3305 }, { p10: 3247, p25: 3257, p50: 3266, p75: 3284, p90: 3305 }] }

Two independent agents centered near $3,267 billion SAAR after comparing April's $3,250.3 billion first-print level with recent April-to-May tax increments, Jan-Apr year-over-year growth, and the resolved May payroll report. The ensemble keeps a wider right tail for withholding, refund, and nonwithheld-payment timing around the first BEA estimate.

forecast $3,266.8B · 80% [$3,247.5B, $3,301B]

$3,266.8B

+$4.8B

Brier-1 - no packs

brier-1.shadowgpt-5Jun 20, 2026update 1/2

Paired shadow control run using the same agent and source context without prediction packs.

No packs

$3,229B80% $3,235B to $3,310B$3,316B

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No-pack shadow run

The control run extrapolates current taxes from recent BEA levels and a generic wage-withholding trend.

forecast $3,262B · 80% [$3,235B, $3,310B]

$3,262B

baseline

Brier-1 - packs

brier-1.shadowgpt-5Jun 20, 2026update 2/2

Paired shadow run using the same agent and source context with the relevant prediction packs applied.

May BEA personal-income pack set

$3,229B80% $3,248B to $3,301B$3,316B

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Packed shadow run

brier.pack.apply brier.pack.apply({ target: "bea.personal_current_taxes.level.may_2026.first_print", packs: ["base-rate-first@0.1.0", "release-vintage-calibration@0.1.0"] })

result { admitted: 2, mode: "with_packs", required_checks: ["taxes_base_rate","withholding_receipts","wage_bridge","nonwithheld_timing"] }

The pack run raises the center slightly using wages and Treasury receipts, while trimming tails around BEA's tax accounting convention.

forecast $3,268B · 80% [$3,248B, $3,301B]

$3,268B

+$6B

Key drivers

Withheld individual income taxes
Payroll-taxable wage base
Nonwithheld tax-payment timing
Tax refund and settlement timing

Resolution

source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Income and Outlays
expected: June 25, 2026
rule: Resolves to the first published May 2026 value for less personal current taxes in BEA NIPA Table 2.6, line 26, converted from millions to billions of current dollars at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point: bea.personal_current_taxes.level.may_2026.first_print

Series design

series: bea.personal_current_taxes.level
cadence: monthly · 19 days
horizon: next release · first print
priority: P0
benchmark: BEA Table 2.6 line 26, Treasury individual receipts, payroll income, and withheld-tax timing
chainable: next release · +3 months · disposable-income bridge
run: US near-term public outcomes agent · Codex recorded agent run · June 6, 2026

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