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Anatomy of a U.S. Taxpayer

Tax Forms 101 ANATOMY 1040 OF THE The basic form for the US Individual tax return. U.S. Taxpayer 70% 1040A SHORT FORM Shorter version of the of taxpayers e-file 1040, for people making less than $100,000 who OF THOSE RETURNS, IN 2009 THERE WERE take the standard 98,358,434 deduction 140,494,127 WERE E-FILED. RETURNS FILED. 1040EZ EASY FORM Population For taxpayers with no dependents, for joint and single filers, making less than $100,000. Current US population 313 MILLION 48% Number of Returns Filed Paper file E-file of the US population are taxpayers 1040 1040A 1040EZ 60 100 20 MILLION MILLION MILLION FILING STATUS of taxpayers 40% OF TAXPAYERS (OR 56,109,746) FILED THE IR SPOUSE's SOCIAL 69,880 SECURITY NUMBER. FILED AS WIDOW/WIDOWER 2,539,588 FILED SEPARATELY 21,496,275 FILED AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 53,570,158 FILED AS MARRIED 62,819,226 FILED AS SINGLE DEPENDENTS -claimed in 2009 WHAT IS A DEPENDENT? A dependent is a qualifying child or qualifying relative. The taxpayer is allowed to file them as an exemption on their return. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 98,000,000 DEPENDENTS CLAIMED IN 2009. THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER CLAIMS 1.4 DEPENDENTS 10,103,334 3,330,871 670,000 83,926,885 TAXPAYERS CLAIMED TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS OF TAXPAYERS CHILDREN AWAY CLAIMED THEIR CLAIMED OTHER CLAIMED CHILDREN FROM HOME AS AN PARENTS AS AN DEPENDENTS AS AN AT HOME AS AN EXEMPTION EXEMPTION EXEMPTION EXEMPTION TAX FORM -fun facts The average college student pays $5.4 BILLION filed for this category $22,000 2.4 MILLION taxpayers filed this category. ACCOUNTING each year for tuition. 101 The average taxpayer makes $5.7 TRILLION $49,000 reported for wages, salaries, tips, etc. 116 MILLION taxpayers filed this each year. category. $135 MILLION The average annual filed for housing housing deduction filed is deductions 8 THOUSAND $17,000 taxpayers filed this category. Brought to you by SOURCES VISUALS H&R BLOCK Data compiled by H&R block from the 2009 tax return Infographic created by OBizMedia.com www.hrblock.com f www.facebook.com/hrblock

Anatomy of a U.S. Taxpayer

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A detailed and delightful visualization of the average U.S. taxpayer

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