Income

top400

"The top 400 taxpayers posted an average of $153.7 million in gains each (or a total of $61.5 billion in gains) down from $228.6 million (or a total of $91.4 billion) in 2007. As a result, the average adjusted gross income of the 400 declined nearly 22% to a mere $270.5 million, from a record $344.8 million for 2007. It was still the second highest on record, topping 2006’s average AGI of $263.3 million. The cut-off for making the top 400 in 2008 was AGI of $110 million, down from $139 million in 2007."

irs top 400

average itemized deductions

http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/63740/incomeinequality00feen.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html#table3

http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/

peoples guide to federal budget

http://rationalrevolution.net/articles/american_income_taxation.htm

http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2006prel.pdf

top 400

http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/index.html

Percetile	Labor	Capital	Transfer
10th	$4,615.4	$601.8	        $5,212.7
30th	$18,173.1	$3,836.5	$7,442.3
50th	$35,277.8	$8,092.6	$6,388.9
70th	$67,109.0	$13,597.2	$4,834.1
88.5th	$110,299.4	$24,347.3	$3,592.8
97.5th	$148,421.1	$67,333.3	$3,789.5
100th	$594,545.5	$535,454.5	$6,545.5

http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/saezJEEA-PP05us-canada.pdf