In 2023, around 60 percent of Americans perceived their income taxes as being too high. This is an increase from the previous year, when 54 percent of Americans felt that income taxes were too high.
Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?
Characteristic
Too high
About right
Too low
No opinion
2023
60%
36%
3%
2%
2022
54%
41%
3%
2%
2021
50%
44%
4%
2%
2020
46%
48%
3%
2%
2019
45%
48%
4%
4%
2018
45%
48%
3%
3%
2017
51%
42%
4%
4%
2016
57%
37%
3%
3%
2015
51%
42%
3%
4%
2014
52%
42%
3%
4%
2013
50%
45%
2%
3%
2012
46%
47%
3%
4%
2011
50%
43%
4%
3%
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Gallup. (April 25, 2023). Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/
Gallup. "Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?." Chart. April 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/
Gallup. (2023). Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/
Gallup. "Do You Consider The Amount of Federal Income Tax You Have to Pay as Too High, about Right, or Too Low?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/
Gallup, Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/ (last visited February 24, 2025)
Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low? [Graph], Gallup, April 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223274/americans-perceptions-on-their-income-taxes/
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