The percentage of total individual income going to the top earners shrank dramatically in 2008, according to the Tax Foundation.
The Tax Foundation, Washington, says the 1% of filers at the top of the U.S. income spectrum earned at least $380,354 in 2008 and accounted for 20% of all individual income reported.
The 1.4 million top filers’ share of U.S. income was down from 22.8% in 2007, the foundation says.