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Percent of High Income Individual Returns
Audited
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Correspondence
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1992
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5.28 | 2.90 |
2.38
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1993
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4.03 | 2.49 |
1.54
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1994
|
2.94 | 1.78 |
1.16
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1995
|
2.79 | 1.53 |
1.26
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1996
|
2.85 | 1.70 |
1.15
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1997
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2.27 | 1.51 |
0.76
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1998
|
1.66 | 1.13 |
0.53
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1999
|
1.15 | 0.77 |
0.38
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2000
|
0.84 | 0.47 |
0.37
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2001
|
0.69 | 0.38 |
0.31
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2002
|
0.75 | 0.38 |
0.37
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2003
|
0.98 | 0.40 |
0.58
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2004
|
1.39 | 0.35 |
1.04
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Source: Source: internal IRS AIMS tabulations
and IRS Databook.
* High income individuals are those with $100,000 or more in total positive
income whose primary source of income
is from salaries
and investments rather than
from a sole proprietorship, farm or business