Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding tax policies?
| Strongly agree + Somewhat agree | Strongly disagree + Somewhat disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| The tax avoidance industry costs Australia $20B a year. Closing tax breaks and loopholes for corporations returns the money to the people through better funded public health and education and more infrastructure to cope with growth | 59% | 9% | 30% | 29% | 18% | 6% | 3% |
| The Labor Party plans to close tax loopholes for the wealthy | 53% | 11% | 23% | 30% | 18% | 7% | 4% |
| The Liberal Party’s tax policies favour wealthier Australians | 51% | 15% | 30% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 5% |
| Labor’s policy is not to increase taxes but to stop tax concessions for the wealthy | 46% | 17% | 21% | 25% | 18% | 10% | 7% |
| Taxes will always be higher under Labor | 37% | 23% | 20% | 17% | 23% | 14% | 9% |
| The Labor Party plans to increase taxes | 35% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 8% |
| I don’t really understand tax policy – I take my advice from my accountant | 28% | 33% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 19% | 14% |
The most widely agreed with statement addressed the tax avoidance industry and the benefits of curbing it (59% agree, while only 9% disagree). There was also majority support for the idea that the Labor Party plans to close tax loopholes for the wealthy (53% agree) and that the Liberal Party’s tax policies favour wealthier Australians (51% agree).
There is limited support for the idea that the Labor party is the higher taxing party – 35% agree that the Labor party plans to increase taxes (while 22% disagree and 43% are either neutral or don’t know), while 37% agree that taxes will always be higher under Labor (while 23% disagree and 40% are either neutral or don’t know).
Just over a quarter of respondents believe that they don’t really understand tax policy (28% agree).