This statistic shows the results of a 2012 survey among American adults on income groups and their respective share in taxes. In 2012, 50 percent of respondents said they consider the tax payments of the middle-income class fair, 34 percent thought the tax payments of the lower class were fair and 26 percent thought the upper income group was paying its fair share in taxes.
What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012)
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/
Pew Research Center. "What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012)." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/
Pew Research Center. (2012). What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/
Pew Research Center. "What Do You Think, Which Income Group Is Paying Too Little, Too Much or Their Fair Share in Taxes? (United States, 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/
Pew Research Center, What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
What do you think, which income group is paying too little, too much or their fair share in taxes? (United States, 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241869/federal-taxes-share-of-contribution-by-income-group/