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So, at lunch today, I decided to see the effects of recent tax cuts to the tax distribution:
So, in 2001, the bottom 90% of taxpayers have 57% of the total income, and pay 35% of all taxes. a change from 54/33 in 2000, and 55/33.
2002 results aren't published yet.
So, are taxes becoming more or less fair and equitable?
Code:
[url]http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/01in01ts.xls[/url]
[url]http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/01in02ts.xls[/url]
Top 1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50
Adjusted gross income share (percentage):
1986 11.30 24.11 35.12 59.04 83.34
1987 12.32 25.67 36.90 60.75 84.37
1988 15.16 28.51 39.45 62.44 85.07
1989 14.19 27.84 39.00 62.28 85.04
1990 14.00 27.62 38.77 62.13 84.97
1991 12.99 26.83 38.20 61.85 84.87
1992 14.23 28.01 39.23 62.47 85.08
1993 13.79 27.76 39.05 62.45 85.08
1994 13.80 27.85 39.19 62.64 85.11
1995 14.60 28.81 40.16 63.37 85.46
1996 16.04 30.36 41.59 64.32 85.92
1997 17.38 31.79 42.83 65.05 86.16
1998 18.47 32.85 43.77 65.63 86.33
1999 19.51 34.04 44.89 66.46 86.75
2000 20.81 35.30 46.01 67.15 87.01
2001 17.53 31.99 43.11 65.23 86.19
Total income tax share (percentage):
1986 25.75 42.57 54.69 76.02 93.54
1987 24.81 43.26 55.61 76.92 93.93
1988 27.58 45.62 57.28 77.84 94.28
1989 25.24 43.94 55.78 77.22 94.17
1990 25.13 43.64 55.36 77.02 94.19
1991 24.82 43.38 55.82 77.29 94.52
1992 27.54 45.88 58.01 78.48 94.94
1993 29.01 47.36 59.24 79.27 95.19
1994 28.86 47.52 59.45 79.55 95.23
1995 30.26 48.91 60.75 80.36 95.39
1996 32.31 50.97 62.51 81.32 95.68
1997 33.17 51.87 63.20 81.67 95.72
1998 34.75 53.84 65.04 82.69 95.79
1999 36.18 55.45 66.45 83.54 96.00
2000 37.42 56.47 67.33 84.01 96.09
2001 33.89 53.25 64.89 82.90 96.03
Year bottom 50 bottom 75 bottom 90 bottom 95 bottom 99
Adjusted gross income share (percentage):
1986 16.66 40.96 64.88 75.89 88.70
1987 15.63 39.25 63.10 74.33 87.68
1988 14.93 37.56 60.55 71.49 84.84
1989 14.96 37.72 61.00 72.16 85.81
1990 15.03 37.87 61.23 72.38 86.00
1991 15.13 38.15 61.80 73.17 87.01
1992 14.92 37.53 60.77 71.99 85.77
1993 14.92 37.55 60.95 72.24 86.21
1994 14.89 37.36 60.81 72.15 86.20
1995 14.54 36.63 59.84 71.19 85.40
1996 14.08 35.68 58.41 69.64 83.96
1997 13.84 34.95 57.17 68.21 82.63
1998 13.67 34.37 56.23 67.15 81.53
1999 13.25 33.54 55.11 65.96 80.49
2000 12.99 32.85 53.99 64.70 79.19
2001 13.81 34.77 56.89 68.01 82.47
Total income tax share (percentage):
1986 6.46 23.98 45.31 57.43 74.25
1987 6.07 23.08 44.39 56.74 75.19
1988 5.72 22.16 42.72 54.38 72.42
1989 5.83 22.78 44.22 56.06 74.76
1990 5.81 22.98 44.64 56.36 74.87
1991 5.48 22.71 44.18 56.62 75.18
1992 5.06 21.52 41.99 54.12 72.46
1993 4.81 20.73 40.76 52.64 70.99
1994 4.77 20.45 40.55 52.48 71.14
1995 4.61 19.64 39.25 51.09 69.74
1996 4.32 18.68 37.49 49.03 67.69
1997 4.28 18.33 36.80 48.13 66.83
1998 4.21 17.31 34.96 46.16 65.25
1999 4.00 16.46 33.55 44.55 63.82
2000 3.91 15.99 32.67 43.53 62.58
2001 3.97 17.10 35.11 46.75 66.11So, in 2001, the bottom 90% of taxpayers have 57% of the total income, and pay 35% of all taxes. a change from 54/33 in 2000, and 55/33.
2002 results aren't published yet.
So, are taxes becoming more or less fair and equitable?
