The 8.3 million people who are non-taxable but still file returns to get benefits are in that number. And many of them aren't people you would traditionally think of as low income, or be concerned about. Two examples from the article, students who file to keep their tuition tax credit for future (presumably higher income) years and stay at home parents who file to get gov't benefits.
If you take those out that leaves only 16.2 million tax payers, of which ~10mm make less than 50k, so 61%. Not a huge difference from the "nearly 75%" reported in the article, but significant enough to be worth mentioning.
I also think the fact that 95% of people make under 100k isn't a big deal. That 50-100k bracket they talk about contains people who are making a pretty reasonable living...
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