Individuals whose debts are forgiven could be pushed into a large income tax liability that they obviously lack the cash to pay.
So studies of wage, salary and labor income count this large source of income concentrated among the top income earners in the later years, but not in the earlier years, showing a large increase in inequality and in the incomes of the top earners over the years.
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One puzzle to tax experts is why Zuckerberg waited so long to cash out, causing that large ordinary income tax hit.
The unlimited Medicare portion is a great concern of managers with large carried interest income.
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Thirty-five percent experienced what they considered to be a large drop in income, and 17 percent said at least one head of their household lost a job.
The average income-tax rate was 14.4% for the top fifth, and 19% for the top 1%, before dropping slightly for the very highest earners who, like Mr. Romney, typically receive a large percentage of income from investments.
High-income taxpayers should pay at least as large a share of their income in taxes as the rest of us.
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As Reynolds notes, median income of families where the head of household is 45 to 54 is close to 3 times as large as the median income of families where the head of household is younger than 25.
Reynolds indicates the median income of households where the head holds a doctorate degree is about two and a half times as large on average as the median income of households where the head holds only a high school degree, and 5 times as large on average as for households where the head holds less than a ninth grade education.
Hardly an unexpected response from a young person with a large amount of cash income.
Many set aside large chunks of their income to self-insure against health care costs.
One is that a large fraction of the income consists of dividends and capital gains.
For, to a large extent, corporate income tax paid this year refers to profits made last year.
And if those two guys can cooperate, a large share of our income is going to go to that.
This is how the rich end up paying such a large share of the income tax burden, as discussed above.
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The bottom line, according to the experts: People who take unusually large deductions for their income get a high score.
Even a small decline in growth can have a large impact on future income and wealth, because of the effect of compounding.
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Now fewer than 10% are local authority owned and private companies provide the rest, even if local authorities pay a large part of their income.
Whether customer loyalty will be enough to generate a planned large increase in commission income at the same time as 400 branches are closed remains to be seen.
They said that if pharmacists were allowed to issue prescriptions such as children's paracetamol, to save low income families large expenses, it would relieve pressure on already stretched GPs.
Since money market rates are low, the interest income from large cash balances is comparably less than the profits that could be realized by, say an investment in new product line.
For example, Capital One earns a large portion of its income from late fees or finance charges on cardholder loans, which are only charged if the cardholder does not pay the full monthly balance within an allotted period.
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The draft law also raises the question of how the government will be able to finance development in the poor and over-crowded heartland of Java if it loses a large chunk of its income to the outlying islands.
Still, if you underreported income by large amounts, say, skimming off your cash business receipts, consider this: The IRS' criminal division has gone back to investigating tax cheats with legal source income, as opposed to just chasing white-collar swindlers and drug lords.
However, I find it fascinating not quite for the reason Professor Krugman might be pointing at it: that I assume is that we should be outraged at the way in which some very wealthy people pay not very large percentages of their income in taxes.
The AMT was enacted in 1969 to catch high income taxpayers claiming large and obscure tax deductions.
While earnings for large corporations surge, household income, when adjusted for inflation, has been basically flat for 35 years.
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If a large enough percent of the population becoming ZMP, it creates a large constituency for a basic income payment.
Botswana gets a huge share of its foreign currency and a large part of its national income from diamond revenues.
Dawes's husband Damian, who is self-employed, admits the pressures of raising a large family on a single income can be stressful.
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