Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the following tax changes the Government have said they will make?
|
Total approve |
Total dis- approve |
|
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis- approve |
Strongly dis- approve |
Don’t know |
|
| Dumping mining tax |
42% |
37% |
15% |
27% |
19% |
18% |
20% |
|
| Dumping fringe benefit tax on cars |
48% |
29% |
17% |
31% |
18% |
11% |
23% |
|
| Dumping increased tax on annual super earnings of more than $100,000 |
42% |
38% |
16% |
26% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
|
| Dumping subsidy for people with low super contributions |
25% |
59% |
9% |
16% |
27% |
32% |
17% |
|
| Dumping the cap on self-education expenses |
38% |
35% |
14% |
24% |
22% |
13% |
28% |
Nearly half the respondents (48%) approved of the Government’s decision to dump the fringe benefit tax on cars and a majority (59%) disapproved of dumping the subsidy for people with low super contributions.
Views on the other decisions were more evenly split – 42% approve/37% disapprove on dumping the mining tax, 42%/38% on dumping increased tax on annual super earnings of more than $100,000 and 38%/35% on dumping the cap on self-education expenses.
Labor voters disapproved of all decisions while Liberal/National voters approved of all decisions except dumping the subsidy for people with low super contributions (48% disapprove/37% approve).