Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
*DPN = Don’t pay enough
|
Total |
Labor voters |
Lib/Nat voters |
||||||||||
|
Pay too much |
DPN |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
Pay too much |
DPN |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
Pay too much |
DPN |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
|
| Large business |
3% |
64% |
14% |
19% |
3% |
72% |
8% |
17% |
3% |
60% |
21% |
16% |
| Small business |
41% |
6% |
34% |
19% |
39% |
8% |
40% |
14% |
43% |
6% |
36% |
15% |
| People on low incomes |
47% |
5% |
36% |
13% |
57% |
4% |
30% |
9% |
34% |
6% |
48% |
12% |
| People on average incomes |
43% |
5% |
41% |
11% |
52% |
4% |
36% |
8% |
33% |
7% |
50% |
10% |
| People on high incomes |
10% |
59% |
19% |
12% |
9% |
66% |
17% |
8% |
9% |
56% |
25% |
11% |
| You personally |
36% |
4% |
47% |
13% |
40% |
4% |
45% |
11% |
29% |
5% |
53% |
13% |
| Mining companies |
4% |
67% |
12% |
17% |
3% |
75% |
9% |
13% |
4% |
63% |
18% |
15% |
| Retirees on large incomes |
15% |
29% |
30% |
26% |
15% |
33% |
29% |
22% |
14% |
26% |
38% |
23% |
| Large intl companies (such as Google & Apple) |
2% |
73% |
8% |
18% |
2% |
74% |
8% |
16% |
2% |
73% |
10% |
15% |
| Religious organisation |
5% |
53% |
16% |
26% |
4% |
54% |
15% |
27% |
5% |
53% |
21% |
21% |
From the groups listed, people on low income (47%), small businesses (41%) and people on average incomes (43%) were the groups respondents were most likely to think pay too much tax.
More than half of respondents believe that ‘large international companies’ (73%), ‘large businesses’ (64%), ‘mining companies’ (67%), and ‘religious organisations’ (53%) do not pay enough tax.
Overall, Labor voters were more likely than Liberal voters to think the following groups pay too much tax – low incomes (Labor 57%/LNP34%), average incomes (52%/33%) and ‘you personally’ (40%/29%). Labor voters were also more likely to think the following don’t pay enough tax – large businesses (72%/60%), people on high incomes (66%/56%) and mining companies (75%/63%).