Sep 17, 2012 ... Executive SummaryClose to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal  income tax. The Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that 46  percent of households will owe no federal income tax for 2011.
Jul 11, 2016 ... And the number is: 44 percent—roughly what it was last year but well below the  50 percent peak during the Great Recession. TPC projects the fraction will  decline slowly to 40 percent a decade from now. Of course, nearly all of those  who pay no federal income tax do pay other taxes: sales taxes, excise ...
Oct 30, 2017 ... For example, let's say you're a single filer with $32,000 in taxable income. That  puts you in the 15% tax bracket in 2017. But do you pay 15% on all $32,000? No.  Actually, you pay only 10% on the first $9,325; you pay 15% on the rest. (Look at  the tax brackets above to see the breakout.) If you had $50,000 ...
Apr 18, 2016 ... 77.5 million households do not pay federal individual income tax. ... (Note that  this does not necessarily mean they won't owe their states income tax.) ... any  other group (around 23%, according to a report released by the Tax Policy  Center in 2014) — nearly seven times higher than those in the bottom 50%.
Oct 20, 2008 ... We should also point out that Obama's policies do not provide a tax cut for 95  percent of Americans — it's actually about 81 percent of all tax filers. But if you ... " You might ask: How do you cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans, when  more than 40 percent pay no income taxes right now? How do you ...
Between 40 and 50 percent of tax filers do not owe any income tax.