Thread: Tax deadline looms; who's paying the most in U.S.?

Tax deadline looms; who's paying the most in U.S.?

Posted: 7:53 PM
Last Updated: 2 hours and 16 minutes ago
By: Christina Boomer

PHOENIX - There are just days left to file your 2010 taxes, and while Arizonans pay a sizeable amount, you may be surprised who shells out the most in the nation.

Phoenix resident Amy spends much of her time sitting outside a public library, where she feeds her voracious reading habit.

“I read a lot, I usually read 158 books at a time,â€

Average individual income tax rate, 1913-2008

Courtesy of IRS, "Ninety Years of Individual Income and Tax Statistics, 1916-2005," http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/16-05intax.pdf , with 2006-2008 data.