SOLUTION: In 2008 38.6%of all tax fillers paid no income taxes. This percentage is 12.4% more than the percentage of filers in 1999 who paid no income taxes. Find the percentage of tax filer

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Question 1045368: In 2008 38.6%of all tax fillers paid no income taxes. This percentage is 12.4% more than the percentage of filers in 1999 who paid no income taxes. Find the percentage of tax filers who paid no income taxes in 1999.
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In 2008 38.6%of all tax fillers paid no income taxes. This percentage is 12.4% more than the percentage of filers in 1999
who paid no income taxes. Find the percentage of tax filers who paid no income taxes in 1999.
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38.6% - 12.4% = 26.2%.

Answer. The percentage of tax filers who paid no income taxes in 1999 was 26.2%.

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