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Top tax frustrations for Americans: Feeling that some wealthy people, corporations don’t pay fair share

Pew Research Center · Carrie Blazina · last updated

With the annual IRS filing deadline approaching, majorities of Americans continue to be bothered by the feeling that some wealthy people and corporations do not pay their fair share in federal taxes.

Roughly six-in-ten adults now say the feeling that some wealthy people (61%) and corporations (60%) don’t pay their fair share bothers them a lot. These percentages are largely unchanged in recent years.

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