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Fair Share?: Six Figure Taxpayers Paying Largest Share On Federal Taxes

Oklahomans making six figures pay lion’s share of federal taxes, IRS figures show
by Chris Casteel

WASHINGTON — With the deadline for filing federal taxes on Wednesday, lawmakers and the president are likely to engage in partisan rhetoric about the “overtaxed” middle class and whether the wealthy are paying their “fair share.”

Defining “fair share” and “middle class” can be difficult. But it’s not hard to figure out who pays federal income taxes. It’s the people who make the most money.

In Oklahoma, for instance, people who made over $100,000 paid 74 percent of all federal income taxes due in the state in 2012 — the latest year for which detailed Internal Revenue Service figures are available for states.

People who made between $10,000 and $50,000 accounted for half of all Oklahomans who filed a federal tax return in 2012, and they accounted for 8 percent of the federal income taxes.

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