Who is Paying Taxes?

WHO IS PAYING TAXES? TAX UNIT INCOME 307,868,280 Americans compose 151,485,000 tax units. 46.9% of which will have ZERO federal $500,000+ income tax liability in 2009. That leaves 80,438,535 to pay over $1 trillion collected. Who's paying? S200,000- 5500,000 $100,000- S200,000 3.5% $75,000- $100,000 20.2% $50,000- $75,000 10.6% $40,000- $50,000 40.4% 15.4% 47.5% 10.5% $30,000- $40,000 SHARE OF 2.9% INCOME 61.8% TAXES PAID $20,000- $30,000 83.6% $10,000- $20,000 PERCENTILE O POPULATION 46.9% 99.8% TAX UNITS WITH NO FEDERAL TAX <$10,000 LIABILITY. mint.com "tax units include non-filing Sources: Taxpolicycenter.org, Taxfoundation.org 11-25%