The top 0.01 percent of Americans — fewer than 14,000
households — received 5.6 percent of adjusted gross income in 2012, accordingto new data from the IRS.
That was the biggest share of income concentrated at the
very top of the distribution scale since 2007. Those in that group had a
minimum income of $12.1 million.
An even more exclusive group — the top 0.001 percent — also
had its best year since 2007. Their average tax rate was 17.6 percent, which is
lower than the average rate for the top 10 percent of the U.S. population.
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