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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:00 PM Jun 2012

Taxes at the Top – Graphic of the Day

According to new data from the Internal Revenue Service, the number of tax filers with zero federal income tax liability and an income of $200,000 or greater has risen past 20,000, just over half of 1% of all those with an income over $200,000. Among the 400 taxpayers at the top of the income ladder in 2009, 6 paid nothing and the other 384 paid an average tax rate just under 20%. The two graphics below help visualize these interesting facts about the taxes of those with high incomes.


http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/taxes-at-the-top-graphic-of-the-day/

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Taxes at the Top – Graphic of the Day (Original Post) MindMover Jun 2012 OP
So how many of these people make up the 47 percent Fawke Em Jun 2012 #1

Fawke Em

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1. So how many of these people make up the 47 percent
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:04 PM
Jun 2012

who don't pay taxes that so bothers the 53 percent club?

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