I'd like to see % of total federal tax burden next to these numbers. -Cameron
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > The CBO has released a new report on effective tax rates (total taxes > divided by total income). Compared with previous reports, it includes > more information about thin slices at the top of the income > distribution. Here are the total effective federal tax rates for 2005, > the most recent year available: > > Lowest quintile: 4.3 percent > Second quintile: 9.9 percent > Middle quintile: 14.2 percent > Fourth quintile: 17.4 percent > Percentiles 81-90: 20.3 percent > Percentiles 91-95: 22.4 percent > Percentiles 96-99: 25.7 percent > Percentiles 99.0-99.5: 29.7 percent > Percentiles 99.5-99.9: 31.2 percent > Percentiles 99.9-99.99: 32.1 percent > Top 0.01 Percentile: 31.5 percent > > N.B.: These figures include all federal taxes, not just income taxes. > > http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/01/progressivity-of-tax-system.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
