The IRS has released its tax year income tax filing figures. These show, among other things, estimates of the number and percentage of “lucky duckies” who file tax returns showing that they owed no federal income tax all year. So I’ve added another line at the bottom of the table:
| Tax Year | Number of Zero-Tax Filers | Zero-Tax Filers as a Percent of All Filers |
|---|---|---|
| 42,500,000 | 32.6% | |
| 43,800,000 | 32.6% | |
| 45,700,000 | 33.0% | |
| 46,600,000 | 32.6% | |
| 51,600,000 | 36.3% | |
| 58,600,000 | 41.7% | |
| 58,400,000 | 40.9% | |
| 53,700,000 | 36.9% | |
| 51,800,000 | 35.7% | |
| 52,884,018 | 35.8% | |
| 52,074,353 | 35.0% | |
| 51,355,566 | 34.1% | |
| 50,128,998 | 33.3% | |
| 43,925,301 | 30.7% |
