Far fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
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Nearly 107 million US households -- about 61% -- owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from pre-pandemic times. But that increase should be short-lived.
The coronavirus-fueled upheaval in the economy, which cost more than 20 million jobs in April 2020, and the sweeping federal relief packages drove up the share of non-payers by roughly 40%, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Only about 75 million households, or 44%, didn't pay federal income tax in 2019, said Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the center, who called the increase for 2020 "eye-popping, but temporary."More Related News