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<blockquote data-quote="cinco" data-source="post: 1856842" data-attributes="member: 7656">Not trying to argue.&nbsp; But can you explain this further or site your source?&nbsp; I&#039;m honestly interested in getting this right and understand people can make numbers say whatever you want - which both sides do.Seems its apples-to-apples?“The percentage of people who do not pay federal income taxes, and who are not claimed as dependents by someone who does pay them, jumped from 14.8 percent in 1984 to 49.5 percent in 2009.”Isn&#039;t everyone required to file a federal return?&nbsp; You either withhold money and its forwarded to the IRS or you choose to withhold nothing. If you withheld nothing and owe at filing time, you then need to pony up the amount.&nbsp; If you did withhold throughout the year, you either get back your overage or pay the deficit.&nbsp; Some who file will be below the threshold $# (i.e the poor) for having to pay Federal Tax and thus pay nothing.&nbsp; Isn&#039;t the article referring to this group?&nbsp; I am missing something?Edit - the quote refers to &quot;people&quot;, so your comment about &quot;businesses&quot; would be limited to sole proprietorships or partnerships, not corporations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cinco, post: 1856842, member: 7656"] Not trying to argue. But can you explain this further or site your source? I'm honestly interested in getting this right and understand people can make numbers say whatever you want - which both sides do. Seems its apples-to-apples? [I][/I][B]“The percentage of people who do not pay federal income taxes, and [U]who are not claimed as dependents [/U]by someone who does pay them, jumped from 14.8 percent in 1984 to 49.5 percent in 2009.”[/B] Isn't everyone required to file a federal return? You either withhold money and its forwarded to the IRS or you choose to withhold nothing. If you withheld nothing and owe at filing time, you then need to pony up the amount. If you did withhold throughout the year, you either get back your overage or pay the deficit. Some who file will be below the threshold $# (i.e the poor) for having to pay Federal Tax and thus pay nothing. Isn't the article referring to this group? I am missing something? Edit - the quote refers to "people", so your comment about "businesses" would be limited to sole proprietorships or partnerships, not corporations. [/QUOTE]

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