Richest 20 percent get half the overall savings from U.S. tax breaks, CBO says

Posted on AllSides May 29th, 2013
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The 10 largest breaks in the U.S. tax code will save taxpayers more than $900 billion this year, with just over half the benefits flowing to the richest 20 percent of households, congressional budget analysts said Wednesday.

And the richest 1 percent of households, those with at least $327,000 in annual income, get an especially big haul — about 17 percent of the total savings, according to the report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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