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> According to the treasury report, the wealthiest 1% of US taxpayers are responsible for an estimated $163bn in unpaid tax each year, amounting to 28% of the “
by SamReidHughes 5y ago
> According to the treasury report, the wealthiest 1% of US taxpayers are responsible for an estimated $163bn in unpaid tax each year, amounting to 28% of the “tax gap”.
A hat tip to whoever on Twitter mentioned this: the top 1% of income earners pay 40% of income taxes. So by these numbers they're dodging tax in lower proportion to everybody else.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoNumbers are funny. Because I see 28% of the tax gap coming from just 1% of the citizenry — the other 99% combined only responsible for 72%.