claim: says the top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes.
author: lamar smith
evidence_1: nov 2, 2017 ... we're all familiar with the irs's income tax brackets. the irs levies a tax rate of  10 percent on your first $9,525 of income, ... the top 20 percent of american  households pay nearly 70 percent of taxes .... made in china: most of what you  pay goes to u.s. workers and businesses, despite what the label says.
evidence_2: apr 14, 2015 ... the top-earning 1 percent of americans will pay nearly half of federal income  taxes for 2014, the largest share in at least 3 years, a study says. ... americans  are expected to pay 15 percent of all federal income taxes in 2014, ... to the  progressive tax code, in which higher earners generally pay higher rates.
evidence_3: apr 18, 2016 ... 77.5 million households do not pay federal individual income tax. ... top 1% of  taxpayers pay a higher effective income-tax rate than any other group ...  meanwhile, the richest 20% of americans, by far, pay the most in income taxes, ...  rich people pay nearly 87% of all federal individual income tax in america ...
evidence_4: apr 18, 2018 ... ... says top 20 percent of earners pay 95 percent of all federal income taxes ...  and above) pay approximately 70 percent of all federal taxes.
evidence_5: oct 14, 2018 ... individual income taxes are the federal government's single biggest revenue  source. ... richest 1,409 taxpayers pay more income tax than bottom 70mln ...  that group alone paid 3.25 percent of all income taxes. in 2001, the bottom 50  percent paid nearly 5 percent whereas the top 0.001 percent of filers ...