Level of tax
Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
Total |
||||
Pay too much |
Don’t pay enough |
Pay about right amount |
Don’t know |
|
Large businesses |
5% |
61% |
19% |
15% |
Small businesses |
40% |
6% |
39% |
15% |
People on low incomes |
43% |
6% |
41% |
10% |
People on average incomes |
38% |
6% |
47% |
9% |
People on high incomes |
12% |
59% |
19% |
10% |
Mining companies |
5% |
61% |
19% |
15% |
Retirees on large incomes |
15% |
29% |
35% |
20% |
Large carbon emitters |
6% |
59% |
17% |
18% |
Large international companies (such as Google and Apple) |
3% |
68% |
11% |
18% |
Religious organisations |
4% |
56% |
18% |
22% |
From the groups listed, people on low income (43%), small businesses (40%) and people on average incomes (38%) were the group Australians were most likely to think pay too much tax.
More than half of Australians believe that ‘large international companies’ (68%), ‘large businesses’ (61%), ‘mining companies’ (61%), ‘large carbon emitters’ (59%) and ‘religious organisations’ (56%) do not pay enough tax.
The table demonstrates that the results were not remarkably different across the two voting groups analysed.
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