And there is nothing to worry here actually, for even if you have set your hard disk to turn off after say 5 mins, if there is some background maintenance task being carried out, it will not shut down â but instead the system will reset the hard diskâs idle timer.
The Average Tax Rate Definition. The average tax rate in the United States varies depending on the amount of income to which it's applied. An average tax rate as it applies to income tax may be defined as the percentage of income owed as taxes or, as Fair Tax defines the term, as the ratio of taxes paid to taxable income. In mathematical terms, divide the total tax liability by total taxable income to get the average tax rate.
The average tax rate for taxpayers in the top 1 percent also increased from 23.4 percent to 23.5 percentâthe highest average tax rate of any income group. However, the average tax rate for the top 0.1 percent remained essentially flat, changing from 22.84 in 2010 to 22.82 percent in 2011.1] The IRS data continues to reflect the fact that half of all taxpayers pay nearly all income taxes. However, the improving economy resulted in a spreading of the tax burden as the number of filers increased along with incomes and taxes paid for all income groups except the top 0.1 percent.