Web Comic: Why Americans Pay Taxes So Faithfully

Americans loathe taxes. So why do they pay them so faithfully?

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By Richard Rubin and Dorothy Gambrell

April 11, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC

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This article is part of the April 14, 2014 issue of businessweek.

In preparation for Tax Day, writer Richard Rubin and graphic artist Dorothy Gambrell examine Americans’ overwhelming compliance with the law.

TAX panel1 — Data: IRS, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Blank and Levin 2010, Konrad and Qari 2012, Buehn and Schneider 2012, Cannari and d’Alessio 2007, Mcgee et al. 2011.