Q. Do you support or oppose the following Government proposals for tax cuts?
| Total support | Total
oppose |
Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
| A tax cut of $530 for middle and lower income earners from next year. | 79% | 9% | 35% | 44% | 6% | 3% | 12% | |
| Changing the tax rates so that workers earning between $40,000 and $200,000 pay the same rate of tax | 37% | 47% | 12% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 16% | |
| Cutting the tax rate for businesses from 30% to 25% estimated to cost $65 billion over the next 10 years | 39% | 39% | 12% | 27% | 21% | 18% | 23% |
There was strong support (79%) for the proposed tax cut of $530 for middle and lower income earners from next year.
However, respondents were more likely to oppose changing the tax rates so that workers earning between $40,000 and $200,000 pay the same rate of tax (37% support/47% oppose). Full-time workers were split on this (45% support/43% oppose) while part-time workers were strongly opposed (29% support/56% oppose). All income groups were more likely to be opposed except for those earning over $2,000 pw who were split 47% support/42% oppose.
Respondents were evenly divided over cutting the tax rate for businesses (39% support/39% oppose). Liberal National voters tended to support this (56% support/28% oppose) while Labor voters were more likely to be opposed (29% support/51% oppose).