If the person owes 28 percent in Federal capital gains taxes, the bill would be $5,600 on that office.

"Now she's very happy to sit down for the pleasure of reading and I owe it 100 percent to book club."

Under the Bush plan, this couple would owe $259,728, a tax saving of $47,114, or 15 percent.

You know probably better than most how much money is spent in the courts, determining which party owes 21.95 percent of a projected cleanup cost.

"You owe me ten percent of the take," I corrected him.

Russia and Ukraine between them owed $52 billion, or 77 percent of the total Soviet debt.

It is still owed $236 million, or 65 percent of the total.

No taxpayers owe more than 28 percent of their total taxable income in taxes.

So a person giving away a ball worth $1 million would owe at least 40 percent of the remaining $375,000, or a tax of $150,000.

That means they owe an additional $1,901, or slightly less than 10 percent of their taxes, which must be paid by April 15.