How much do you know and understand about dividend imputation and franking credits?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Less than $600
pw |
$600-1,000 pw | $1,000-1,500 pw | $1,500-2,000 pw | More than $2,000 pw | ||
| A lot | 7% | 10% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 11% | |
| A fair amount | 14% | 18% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 18% | 9% | 10% | 17% | 14% | 19% | |
| A little | 22% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 27% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 25% | |
| Heard of them but don’t know anything about them | 27% | 24% | 29% | 19% | 32% | 29% | 290% | 32% | 25% | 29% | 20% | |
| Never heard of them | 30% | 22% | 38% | 42% | 30% | 18% | 39% | 32% | 28% | 26% | 24% |
Only about one in five respondents said they knew much about dividend imputation and franking credits – 7% said they knew a lot and 14% a fair amount. 30% said they had never heard of them and 27% had heard of them but don’t know anything about them.
Those most likely to know a lot or a fair amount were incomes over $2,000pw (30%), aged 65+ (30%) and university educated (33%).