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2012 Tax Stats Card

 


Summary of Collections Before Refunds by Type of Return, FY 2011 [1]

 


Type of Return


Number of Returns


Gross Collections
(Millions of $)

Individual income tax

143,607,800

1,331,160

Corporation income tax

2,312,909[2]

242,848

Employment taxes

29,445,812

767,505

Excise taxes

522,165

49,338

Gift tax

207,858

6,572

Estate tax

11,128

2,507

 

Selected Information from Returns Filed


Corporate Returns (TY 2009) [3]
 

 Number filing with assets $250M or more

 14,110

 Percent of total corporate net income for firms with assets $250M or more

70.9%


 


S Corporation Returns (TY 2009) [3]
 

 Number of returns

[P] 4,094,562



 

 


Partnership Returns  (TY 2010) [3]
 

 Number of returns

3,248,481

 


Individual Returns

 

Top 1-percent Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) break (TY 2010) [3]

 $369,509

Top 10-percent AGI break (TY 2010) [3]

  $116,555

Median AGI (TY 2010) [3] 

$34,315

 

Percent that claim standard deductions (TY 2010) [3]

  65.6%

Percent that claim itemized deductions (TY 2010) [3]

  32.6%

Percent e-filed (TY 2011) thru 4/30/2012 [4]  

89.1%

Percent using paid preparers (TY 2010) [3]

  56.7%

 

Number of returns with AGI $1M or more (TY 2010) [4] 

282,311

State with the highest number-California (TY 2010)

42,090

State with the least number- Vermont (TY 2010)  

295

 

Number of individual refunds (TY 2010) (millions) [3] 

  110.9

Individual refund amount (TY 2010) (billions of $) [3]

  $327.4

Average individual refund amount (TY 2010)

  $2,953

 

Earned Income Tax Credit (TY 2010) [3]:

Number of returns with credit (millions)  

[P]  27.4

Amount claimed (billions of $)

[P]  $59.6


 


Nonprofit Organizations  (TY 2008) [3,5]

 

Number of returns (Forms 990 & 990-PF filers)  

406,034

Assets controlled by nonprofits (billions of $)  

$3.0

 


Taxpayer Assistance  (FY 2011) [1]

 

Number assisted by writing, calling, or by walk-in

 

82,918,192

 

 



Sources and footnotes:

[P]  Preliminary Data
[FY] Fiscal Year 
[TY] Tax Year
[1] Source: IRS Data Book, publication 55B
[2] Excludes S Corporations.
[3] Source—SOI data.
[4] Source— IRS Masterfile System
[5] Organizations tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3)
 

Revised: December 2012


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