Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
|
Total |
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|
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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Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
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Total |
May 2013 |
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|
|
Pay too much |
Don’t pay enough |
Pay about right amount |
Don’t know |
Pay too much |
Don’t pay enough |
Pay about right amount |
Don’t know |
| Large businesses |
5% |
61% |
19% |
15% |
7% |
63% |
17% |
13% |
| Small businesses |
40% |
6% |
39% |
15% |
43% |
7% |
37% |
14% |
| People on low incomes |
43% |
6% |
41% |
10% |
41% |
8% |
41% |
10% |
| People on average incomes |
38% |
6% |
47% |
9% |
37% |
7% |
49% |
8% |
| People on high incomes |
12% |
59% |
19% |
10% |
12% |
60% |
19% |
8% |
| Mining companies |
5% |
61% |
19% |
15% |
7% |
62% |
16% |
15% |
Please note: ‘retirees on large incomes’, ‘large carbon emitters’, ‘large international companies’ and ‘religious organisations’ were not included in May 2013.
The results have not changed significantly since the last time this question was asked in May 2013.