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Interesting... in 2018, 2017, and 2016 it only really increased by 1 or 2 percentage points.

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-26...

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-26...

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2017/demo/p60-25...

They're could be some lag in tax cuts making their way into household income, and some of this could be from corporations onshoring profits.

These numbers are pre-tax.

There isn't "one tax" that effects households. There's also second and third order-of-effect tax changes that affects income as well.

second+ order effects of tax policy have effects on pre-tax income distribution, just as do second+ order effects of benefits policy have effects on pre-benefits income distribution.

Quite often, arguments about the likely second+ order effects are major arguments for or against tax and benefit policy changes; it's not all about first order effects in isolation.

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