Federal tax system, tax system
Q: Now thinking about taxes – overall, how fair do you think our present Federal tax system is?
Total |
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
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Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600 – $1,000 pw |
Income $1,000 – $1,600 pw |
Income $1,600- $2,000 pw |
Income $2,000+ pw |
|
Dec 2015 |
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| Total fair | 36% | 34% | 48% | 32% | 24% | 18% | 33% | 43% | 33% | 45% | 40% | |||
| Total not fair | 55% | 59% | 44% | 62% | 70% | 72% | 58% | 54% | 60% | 45% | 52% | |||
| Very fair | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 4% | |||
| Moderately fair | 33% | 31% | 43% | 29% | 21% | 17% | 29% | 38% | 32% | 40% | 36% | |||
| Not too fair | 30% | 27% | 32% | 26% | 30% | 35% | 28% | 30% | 39% | 25% | 30% | |||
| Not fair at all | 25% | 32% | 12% | 36% | 40% | 37% | 30% | 24% | 21% | 20% | 22% | |||
| Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 8% |
36% think the Federal tax system is very or moderately fair and 55% think it is not too fair or not fair at all. This represents a small shift toward thinking the tax system is not fair since this question was asked in December.
Those most likely to think it not fair were Greens voters (62%), other voters (70%) and incomes under $600 pw (72%) and $1,600-$2,000 pw (60%).
Those most likely to think it is fair were Liberal/National voters (48%), incomes $2,000+ pw (45%) and university educated (43%).