Taxpayers or Tax Receivers?

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Federal Tax Laws

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Federal Taxes as Percent of GDP

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Federal Tax Rules: 72,536 Pages

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Federal Taxes

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Income and Tax Liabilities 2007

Higher-income groups earn a disproportionate share of pretax income and pay a disproportionate share of federal taxes. In 2007, the highest quintile earned 55.9 percent of pretax income and paid 68.9 percent of federal taxes. In all other quintiles, the share of federal taxes was less than the income share. The bottom quintile earned 4.0 percent of income and paid 0.8 percent of taxes, and the middle quintile earned 13.1 percent of income and paid 9.2 percent of taxes.

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Average Federal Tax Rates by Quintiles

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Income and Tax Shares

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Federal Tax Dollars

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