Year: 1995
Module: Taxation
Variable: GVCHTAX2
Question: Suppose the government did decide to increase taxes to pay for extra spending, and suppose it had just three options: to put up income tax for all taxpayers by 1p in the pound to 26p, to put income tax up only for higher taxpayers, but by 5p in the pound to 45p or to raise VAT by one percent to 18 1/2 per cent on all taxable goods and services. If these were the only options for the government, which one do you think should be the governmen'ts second choice?
Index
to tables on this page
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%
of
people of different ages
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%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| A penny in the pound for all taxpayers | 50 |
| Five pence in the pound for higher taxpayers | 24 |
| Raise vat by 1% | 21 |
| Other answer | 1 |
| Don't know | 1 |
| Not answered | 4 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| A penny in the pound for all taxpayers |
53 |
47 |
| Five pence in the pound for higher taxpayers |
22 |
26 |
| Raise vat by 1% |
21 |
21 |
| Other answer |
1 |
1 |
| Don't know |
1 |
1 |
| Not answered |
3 |
5 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| A penny in the pound for all taxpayers |
47 |
46 |
50 |
45 |
62 |
51 |
| Five pence in the pound for higher taxpayers |
26 |
25 |
20 |
26 |
28 |
23 |
| Raise vat by 1% |
22 |
26 |
26 |
25 |
7 |
13 |
| Other answer |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Don't know |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Not answered |
5 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| A penny in the pound for all taxpayers |
50 |
50 |
44 |
| Five pence in the pound for higher taxpayers |
23 |
24 |
26 |
| Raise vat by 1% |
22 |
20 |
30 |
| Other answer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Not answered |
3 |
4 |
1 |
|
