This photo taken March 2, 2013, shows the Internal Revenue Service building at the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, Saturday, March 2, 2013. According to projections by the Tax Policy Center, a research organization based in Washington, wealthy families are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades, even as the rest of the population continues to pay at historically low rates. And a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that average tax bills for high-income families have rarely been higher since the Congressional Budget Office began tracking the data in 1979, while middle- and low-income families aren't paying as much as they used to. (AP Photo/ roomManuel Balce Ceneta)
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This photo taken March 2, 2013, shows the Internal Revenue Service building at the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, Saturday, March 2, 2013. According to projections by the Tax Policy Center, a research organization based in Washington, wealthy families are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades, even as the rest of the population continues to pay at historically low rates. And a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that average tax bills for high-income families have rarely been higher since the Congressional Budget Office began tracking the data in 1979, while middle- and low-income families aren't paying as much as they used to. (AP Photo/ roomManuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE – In this March 1, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama talks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington after his meeting with congressional leaders about the automatic spending cuts. Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress say the wealthy must pay their fair share if the federal government is ever going to fix its finances and reduce the budget deficit to a manageable level. A new analysis the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, shows that average tax bills for high-income families have rarely been higher since the CBO began tracking the data in 1979, and that middle- and low-income families aren’t paying as much as they used to. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE – In this March 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, enters the White House in Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss the automatic federal spending cuts. Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress say the wealthy must pay their fair share if the federal government is ever going to fix its finances and reduce the budget deficit to a manageable level. A new analysis of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, shows that average tax bills for high-income families have rarely been higher since the CBO began tracking the data in 1979, while middle- and low-income families aren’t paying as much as they used to. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama leaves the White House briefing room in Washington, where he asked Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts, set to kick in March 1. With Washington gridlocked again over whether to raise taxes on wealthy families, it turns out they are already are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades. A new analysis shows that average tax bills for high-income families have rarely been higher since the Congressional Budget Office began tracking the data in 1979, and that middle- and low-income families aren't paying as much as they used to. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this March 1, 2013, file photo Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol after meeting with President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders at the White House hours before billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts are to start. Republican leaders in Congress say one tax increase a year is enough. "The president got his tax hikes,” Boehner told reporters. “How much more money do we want to steal from the American people to fund more government? I’m for no more.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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As an evening haze lights the sky with a reddish glow, the lights of the U.S. Capitol burn into the night as the House continues to work on the "fiscal cliff" legislation proposed by the Senate, in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" that threatens the U.S. economy fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Barack Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Who will pay what in 2013 taxes?
How much households at different income levels will pay in federal income, payroll, corporate and estate taxes for 2013.
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Bottom 20 percent
Average income: $10,552.
Average tax bill: -$284.
Average tax rate: -2.7 percent.
Share of federal tax burden: -0.4 percent.
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Middle 20 percent
Average income: $46,562.
Average tax bill: $6,436.
Average tax rate: 13.8 percent.
Share of federal tax burden: 8.6 percent.
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Top 20 percent
Average income: $204,490.
Average tax bill: $55,533.
Average tax rate: 27.2 percent.
Share of federal tax burden: 71.8 percent.
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Top 1 percent
Average income: $1.4 million.
Average tax bill: $514,144.
Average tax rate: 35.5 percent.
Share of federal tax burden: 30.2 percent.
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Note: The average family in the bottom 20 percent of households pays no federal taxes. Instead, many families in this group get payments from the federal government by claiming more in credits than they owe in taxes, giving them a negative tax rate.
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Source: Tax Policy Center
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