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Income Tax Rates

Effective income tax rates for top earners, including the impact of income composition and state differences.

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how much income tax does the top 1% pay

The answer depends on what "pay" means: measured as a share of total income-tax revenue, the richest 1 percent account for roughly a quarter to over a third of income-tax receipts in common analyses; ...