Who paysthe bill?
Follow federal income taxes through income groups, filing addresses, and public-company reports. Every number has a scope. Every scope has a limit.
One tax system.
Several different windows.
The answer to “who pays?” depends on which tax, which year, and which measure you mean.
The top 1% share of IRS total individual income tax in 2023. Explore four nonoverlapping groups and 23 years.
By place ↗27,588Published ZIP codes in the 2022 extract, plus 2023 state returns split into ten income classes.
By company ↗Cash ≠ expenseOpen selected public reports. See what federal cash disclosures reveal—and where only global or accounting measures are available.
For the full revenue mix, start with federal receipts by tax source. Then use these narrower datasets to investigate the people, places and companies behind specific taxes. This release does not measure total tax incidence across income groups.
Who pays federal income taxes?
IRS Statistics of Income publishes aggregate individual income tax data by income rank and geography. These tables measure particular income taxes on filed returns, not all taxes paid by every person or household.
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