Nov 12, 2014 ... The top 1 percent of earners paid an average tax rate of about 33 ... rates on  income rise from 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 percent and 39.6 ...
Jun 30, 2015 ... Bush's average federal tax rate puts him in the top 1 percent of ... release his and  has requested a 45-day extension to do so, said spokesman ...
Aug 18, 2011 ... Buffett says that very wealthy people like himself pay lower tax rates than the  middle ... tax rates of between 33 percent and 41 percent, averaging 36 percent.  ... The mega-rich pay income taxes at a rate of 15 percent on most of their ... high  earners to look for ways to classify normal income as capital gains.
Jul 8, 2015 ... Did Bush really pay 36 percent over all those years of tax returns or not? ... For  one thing, saying it was his "average tax rate" could suggest that he, in fact, ... in  income taxes, an effective income tax rate of 36 percent that year.
Aug 15, 2011 ... If Warren Buffett isn't really paying the corporate income tax then we ... Their tax  burdens ranged from 33 percent to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent. What he  says, with the qualifications he uses, is true as far as it goes. ... federal personal  income tax and payroll taxes his average tax rate is that 17.4%.
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.