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To determine the ten biggest payers, we looked at businesses that had the highest tax obligation for their most recent fiscal year. Below is the list of the tax obligations at ten companies that finished last year.
What we should be curious about is how we stack up against the rest of our countries’ citizens. If everybody earns $1 million a year, being a millionaire isn’t very special anymore. Everything is relative. Let’s learn about each others’ incomes shall we?
WHAT THE TOP 1%, 5%, 10%, 25% and 50% MAKE IN AMERICA
Based on the Internal Revenue Service’s 2010 database below, here’s how much the top Americans make:
Top 1%: $380,354
Top 5%: $159,619
Top 10%: $113,799
Top 25%: $67,280
Top 50%: >$33,048