Would you support or oppose the following tax measures?
Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
Making multi-national corporations pay their fair share of tax | 84% | 5% | 59% | 25% | 4% | 1% | 11% | |
Stopping people with family trusts from splitting their income to avoid tax | 58% | 20% | 20% | 38% | 15% | 5% | 22% | |
Capping the maximum tax deduction for managing tax affairs, such as payments to lawyers or accountants, at no more than $4,000 for individuals | 53% | 17% | 17% | 36% | 13% | 4% | 31% | |
Limiting negative gearing to investments in newly built properties and halving the capital gains tax concession | 46% | 24% | 17% | 29% | 17% | 7% | 31% | |
Cutting the company tax rate to 25% | 40% | 30% | 11% | 29% | 20% | 10% | 31% | |
Limiting the amount of tax-free superannuation contributions individuals can make | 34% | 42% | 10% | 24% | 28% | 14% | 25% | |
Cutting the tax rate for the top income tax bracket while the budget is still in deficit | 28% | 50% | 9% | 19% | 27% | 23% | 24% | |
Increasing the tax rate for workers earning under $87,000 a year | 19% | 65% | 6% | 13% | 28% | 37% | 16% |
Tax measures with majority support were –
Tax measures with majority opposition were –
Cutting the company tax rate to 25% had 40% support and 30% opposed.