Scurvy: Lime is very well-known as a cure for scurvy, the disease which is caused from a deficiency of vitamin-C. It is characterized by frequent infections that show as normal cold symptoms, cracked lips and lip corners, ulcers on the tongue and in the mouth.
Your average tax rate is the percentage of your income that went to the government; itâs the total tax you paid divided by your total income. As an example, if you made $10,000 and paid $1,000 in taxes, your average tax rate would be 10%.
A quick calculation shows that the average taxpayer owed $9,655 in income tax. Since the average taxpayer's gross income was $71,258 for 2015, this translates to an effective federal income tax rate of 13.5%. Image source: Getty Images. Just to add a little color, know that this rate is a bit misleading because it includes the more than 50 million tax returns that had no federal income tax liability.