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Originally Posted by Aadill
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This is from 2009:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/jct...income-tax.pdf
19% have zero income tax liability, 29% get a refundable credit, and 52% pay positive income liability.
81% pay income taxes; it's just that almost 1/3 of the nation doesn't make enough or plans ahead and pays taxes on their pay check instead of waiting till the end of the year.
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/econom...ent/50676912/1
"According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., 46% of tax filers will owe no federal income tax this year. But when you figure in payroll taxes — such as those for Social Security, Medicare and unemployment — more than 80% of tax filers pay some kind of federal tax."
Note that in my post, I had specifically said income tax. The vast majority of workers (they claim 80%) pay some kind of tax like social security, medicare, etc. Not to mention all the taxes placed on payroll that business pay, most of which would end up going to the employee. But for income tax, 46% pay nothing. That doesn't mean they pay on the paycheck and then don't have to pay at the end of the year. It means their total federal income tax liability is 0.