This graph shows the average income reported to the IRS and the average taxes paid by the top 400, i.e. the 400 taxes returns with the highest adjusted gross income from 1992-2005. This does not represent not gains in the wealth of people like Bill Gates but instead shows the annual income of the superrich reported to the IRS. They accounted for 1.15% of total income reported in 2005, more than twice as large as their 0.49% share in 1995.
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Data from the IRS via Wall Street Journal’s Tax Report
[tags]Tax Rates, United States, Income tax, IRS[/tags]
by Catherine Mulbrandon
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I updated a previous graph, comparing the effective tax rates for the Federal Individual Income and Social Insurance (payroll) by adding Excise and Corporate Income. Additionally, I added the tax rates for the Top 1%. Note: the effective tax rate increases for both individual and corporate income the higher the household’s income, while the social insurance and excise tax rate decreases.
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Minimum household income:
Lowest Quintile $0
Second Quintile $17,900
Middle Quintile $30,500
Fourth Quintile $45,200
Highest Quintile $67,400
Top 1% $307,500
Data from Congressional Budget Office
[tags]Tax Rates, United States, Income tax, Social Security, Corporate Tax, Excise Tax[/tags]
by Catherine Mulbrandon
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I created this graph showing the average income for different household percentiles, comparing pretax income and aftertax income. The minimum income threshold for each percentile is noted in the graph.
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Data from Congressional Budget Office
[tags]United States, Income tax, average income[/tags]
by Catherine Mulbrandon
in Other
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