UNFAIRLY DISPROPORTIONATE: Joint Tax Committee: The Top 1% Receives 19% Of All Income, Pays 49% Of All Income Taxes. “For 2015, the top 10 percent (in terms of income) of all tax returns receive 45 percent of all income and pay 82 percent of all income taxes. The top five percent of all tax returns receive 34 percent of all income and pay 71 percent of all income taxes. The top one percent of all tax returns receives 19 percent of all income and pay 49 percent of all income taxes.”