About half the benefits from tax expenditures in the income tax go to the top 20 percent of income earners. This roughly matches their share of income. But the share of taxes paid is actually more skewed: the top 20 percent of households pay 68 percent of all federal taxes and 94 percent of all federal income taxes. In other words, tax breaks benefit those who pay the taxes.
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