The IRS has released some preliminary tax year numbers. 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% |
