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https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2018-update/ https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-... Top 10% share of

https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2018-update/ https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-... Top 10% share of total AGI: 46.56% Top 10% share of total income taxes paid: 69.47% I don’t think nearly 70% is “about half”.

mikeash 8y ago
I don’t think the federal income tax is the only tax that exists. Here is a source that looks at all taxes: https://itep.org/wp-content/uploads/taxday2017.pdf https://itep.org/wp-content/uploads/taxday2017.pdf