Generational Accounts for the United States: An Update: Technical Paper 2000-1

Jagadeesh Gokhale, Benjamin Page, Joan Potter and John Sturrock

No 13339, Working Papers from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: Although relatively new, generational accounting has been used in 26 countries to evaluate the generational stance of national fiscal policies. Generational accounting calculates the size of prospective net tax burdens and lifetime net tax rates that different generations face under current fiscal policy—information that standard budget presentations do not reveal. This method can also be used to calculate the policy changes required for achieving a generationally balanced and therefore sustainable fiscal policy—one that implies equal lifetime net tax rates on today’s

Date: 2000-02-01
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