Report: Taxes Hit Top US Earners Hardest

With tax day just two days away, millions of Americans are busy trying to file their income taxes for the year.

The Wall Street Journal took a look at just who pays how much in taxes. By far, the people who make the most money pay the overwhelming majority.

Using data from the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, the Journal reports that the top 20 percent of income earners, people who make more than $134,000, pay a whopping 84 percent of the total income tax.

The top 1 percent pay almost 46 percent of all the income tax money that goes to Washington.

The possibility of tax reform could become an issue in the upcoming presidential election.