Q. Would you support or oppose the following tax reforms to raise more funds for Government services and infrastructure?
Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | Total supp. Mar 2015 | Total opp. Mar 2015 | |||
Force multi-national companies to pay a minimum tax rate on Australian earnings | 79% | 9% | 51% | 28% | 6% | 3% | 13% | 76% | 8% | ||
Increase income tax rate for high earners | 63% | 24% | 30% | 33% | 15% | 9% | 13% | 65% | 23% | ||
Remove super-annuation tax concessions for high earners | 59% | 25% | 30% | 29% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 55% | 25% | ||
Remove negative gearing | 37% | 33% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 31% | 33% | 30% | ||
Replace stamp duty with land tax | 26% | 32% | 7% | 19% | 20% | 12% | 42% | 24% | 34% | ||
Remove GST exemptions (e.g. food) | 33% | 55% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 31% | 14% | 36% | 51% | ||
Increase the GST | 24% | 65% | 6% | 18% | 29% | 36% | 11% | 19% | 70% |
There was strong majority support for forcing multinational companies to pay a minimum tax rate on Australian earnings (79%), increasing income tax rate for high earners (63%) and removing superannuation tax concessions for high earners (59%).
There was strong majority opposition to increasing the GST (65%).