In 2020, about 97.68 percent of total income taxes in the United States were paid by the top 50 percent of earners. In that same year, the top one percent of earners paid 42.31 percent of total income taxes in the country.
U.S. taxpayers' share of income taxes in 2020, by income percentile
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Internal Revenue Service. (November 3, 2022). U.S. taxpayers' share of income taxes in 2020, by income percentile [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318070/us-taxpayers-share-of-income-taxes/
Internal Revenue Service. "U.S. taxpayers' share of income taxes in 2020, by income percentile." Chart. November 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318070/us-taxpayers-share-of-income-taxes/
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Internal Revenue Service. "U.S. Taxpayers' Share of Income Taxes in 2020, by Income Percentile." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2022, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318070/us-taxpayers-share-of-income-taxes/
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U.S. taxpayers' share of income taxes in 2020, by income percentile [Graph], Internal Revenue Service, November 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318070/us-taxpayers-share-of-income-taxes/
