SOURCE: TPC, Table T12‐0018 Effective Federal Tax Rates by Cash Income Percentile; 2011, February 2012. Compiled by PGPF.
NOTE: A quintile is one fifth of the population. The breaks are (in 2011 dollars): 20% $16,812; 40% $33,542; 60% $59,486; 80% $103,465;90% $163,173; 95% $210,998; 99% $532,613; 99.9% $2,178,886.
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