WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that the winter 2013 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin is available at IRS.gov. The winter 2013 issue features preliminary data from more than 145 million individual income tax returns for tax year 2011.

The Statistics of Income (SOI) Division produces the SOI Bulletin on a quarterly basis.  Articles included in the publication provide the most recent data available from various tax and information returns filed by U.S. taxpayers. This issue of the SOI Bulletin also includes articles on the following topics:

• Individual Income Tax Rates and Shares, 2010. Of the 142.9 million individual tax returns filed in tax year 2010, 84.5 million (59.1 percent) were classified as taxable returns or returns with a total income tax greater than $0. Adjusted gross income (AGI) for taxable returns was nearly $7.25 trillion, and total income tax was $952 billion.
• Individual Noncash Charitable Contributions, 2010. More than 7. million individual taxpayers reported a total of $34.9 billion in deductions for noncash charitable contributions for tax year 2010.
• Split-Interest Trusts, Filing Year 2011. Charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and pooled income funds reported $9.7 billion in gross income and $118.1 billion in end-of-year assets.
• Domestic Private Foundations and Related Excise Taxes, Tax Year 2009. For tax year 2009, domestic private foundations reported $588.5 billion in total assets and $52.2 billion in total revenue. These foundations distributed $40.9 billion in contributions, gifts, and grants to the charitable sector.
• Controlled Foreign Corporations, 2008. For tax year 2008, foreign corporations controlled by U.S. multinational corporations held $14.5 trillion in assets and reported receipts of $6.0 trillion.

The Statistics of Income Bulletin is available for download at IRS.gov/taxstats. Printed copies of the Statistics of Income Bulletin are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. The annual subscription rate is $67 ($93.80 foreign), single issues cost $44 ($61.60 foreign).

For more information about these data, write to the Director, Statistics of Income (SOI) Division, RAS:S, Internal Revenue Service, P.O. Box 2608, Washington, DC 20013-2608.

Related Items:        

• SOI Bulletin: Winter 2013
• Historical Tables and Appendix
• Tax Statistics

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Saving for your retirement can make you eligible for a tax credit worth up to $2,000. If you contribute to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or to an IRA, you may be eligible for the Saver’s Credit.

Here are seven points the IRS would like you to know about the Saver’s Credit:

1. The Saver’s Credit is formally known as the Retirement Savings Contribution Credit. The credit can be worth up to $2,000 for married couples filing a joint return or $1,000 for single taxpayers.

2. Your filing status and the amount of your income affect whether you are eligible for the credit. You may be eligible for the credit on your 2012 tax return if your filing status and income are:

• Single, married filing separately or qualifying widow or widower, with income up to $28,750
• Head of Household with income up to $43,125
• Married Filing Jointly, with income up to $57,500

3. You must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible. You also cannot have been a full-time student in 2012 nor claimed as a dependent on someone else’s tax return.

4. You must contribute to a qualified retirement plan by the due date of your tax return in order to claim the credit. The due date for most people is April 15.

5. The Saver’s Credit reduces the tax you owe.

6. Use IRS Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions, to claim the credit. Be sure to attach the form to your federal tax return. If you use IRS e-file the software will do this for you.

7. Depending on your income, you may be eligible for other tax benefits if you contribute to a retirement plan. For example, you may be able to deduct all or part of your contributions to a traditional IRA.

For more information on the Saver’s Credit, see IRS Publication 590, Individual Retirement Arrangements. Also see Publication 4703, Retirement Savings Contributions Credit, and Form 8880. They are available at IRS.gov or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).
Additional IRS Resources:

• Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions
• Publication 590, Individual Retirement Arrangements
• Publication 4703, Retirement Savings Contributions Credit