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Table 8: The Distribution of Cash Income and Tax Across Deciles*, and the Average Tax Rate by Decile, 1999 preliminary estimate | ||||||||||
|
Decile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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Distribution across deciles | ||||||||||
|
Tax |
0.4% |
1.5% |
3.0% |
4.8% |
6.7% |
8.7% |
10.6% |
13.3% |
17.0% |
33.9% |
|
Income |
1.6% |
3.5% |
4.9% |
6.1% |
7.6% |
9.1% |
10.8% |
12.9% |
16.1% |
27.3% |
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Average tax rate | ||||||||||
|
12.4% |
21.2% |
31.2% |
39.2% |
44.9% |
48.1% |
49.4% |
51.7% |
53.2% |
62.4% | |
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*Deciles group
families from lowest to highest incomes with each group containing ten
percent of families. The first decile, for example, represents the ten
percent of families with the lowest incomes. | ||||||||||