how many people in the US pay federal income taxes?

Approx 200 million people file income tax returns each year. But how many of them actually pay federal income tax? And what's the breakdown of taxes? How many people pay less than $5,000 each year? how many pay between $5k and $10k per year? and so on...

Public Comments

1. I remember hearing about 49% of working people in the US actually pay federal income tax, the less pay $0 or less.
2. There were far less than 200 million tax returns last year. Go to: http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/542.html