Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
| Pay too much | Don’t pay enough | Pay about right amount | Don’t know | Mar 2015 Pay too much | Mar 2015 Don’t pay enough | Mar 2015 Pay about right amount | Mar 2015 Don’t know | ||
| Large businesses | 6% | 65% | 13% | 16% | 3% | 64% | 14% | 19% | |
| Small businesses | 37% | 8% | 39% | 17% | 41% | 6% | 34% | 19% | |
| People on low incomes | 46% | 7% | 34% | 13% | 47% | 5% | 36% | 13% | |
| People on average incomes | 43% | 6% | 39% | 12% | 43% | 5% | 41% | 11% | |
| People on high incomes | 11% | 59% | 18% | 12% | 10% | 59% | 19% | 12% | |
| You personally | 39% | 5% | 42% | 14% | 36% | 4% | 47% | 13% | |
| Mining companies | 5% | 61% | 13% | 21% | 4% | 67% | 12% | 17% | |
| Retirees on large incomes | 13% | 31% | 31% | 24% | 15% | 29% | 30% | 26% | |
| Large international companies (such as Google and Apple) | 2% | 72% | 9% | 17% | 2% | 73% | 8% | 18% | |
| Religious organisations | 3% | 58% | 18% | 21% | 5% | 53% | 16% | 26% |
From the groups listed, people on low income (46%), people on average incomes (43%), you personally (39%) and small businesses (37%) and were the groups respondents were most likely to think pay too much tax.
More than half of respondents believe that large international companies (72%), large businesses (65%), mining companies (61%), people on high incomes (59%) and religious organisations (58%) 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 55%/LNP37%) and average incomes (48%/39%).
Labor voters were also more likely to think the following don’t pay enough tax – large businesses (73%/57%), people on high incomes (66%/50%) and mining companies (68%/55%).
Results were very similar to when this question was asked in March 2015.