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How would you describe your personal financial situation?


Very secure:


 19%

Relatively secure:


 64%

Shaky:


 17%

 

How would you rate the personal financial situation of most of the people you know?


Better off than I am:


 18%

Worse off than I am:


 28%

About the same as I am:


 53%

 

Have you filed your income taxes this year?


Yes:


 66%

Not yet:


 33%

Not yet, and I won't:


 1%

 

Who usually prepares your tax return?


I do:


 39%

My partner or spouse does:


 11%

My mommy, daddy, or other relative does:


 3%

My accountant does:


 46%

Taxes! Are they due again?!:


 1%

I don't file taxes:


 0%

 

Do you expect to get a tax refund this year?


Yes:


 63%

No:


 37%

 

What will you most likely be able to afford with your tax refund this year?


A meal at a fast food restaurant:


 4%

A tank of gas for my car:


 12%

A vacation for me or my family:


 22%

A couple months rent or mortgage payments:


 24%

Nothing, I will owe more taxes:


 38%

 

Do you consider the amount of taxes you will pay this year as fair?


Yes:


 50%

No:


 50%

 

Which of the following taxes do you think is the worst, least fair tax you pay?


Federal income tax:


 31%

State income tax:


 6%

City earnings tax:


 23%

State sales tax:


 11%

Local property tax:


 29%

 

How much do you usually cheat on your federal tax returns?


A lot:


 1%

A little:


 11%

Not at all:


 88%

 

What is the way you most often cheat on your federal taxes?


I understate my income:


 0%

I overstate my deductions:


 6%

I do both those things:


 5%

I just don't file them:


 0%

I don't cheat:


 88%

 

Where do you keep your tax records during the year?


In a special drawer:


 53%

In a special box or bag:


 30%

All over the place:


 14%

I don't keep tax records:


 3%

 

How much of the taxes you pay are spent on government programs with which you completely agree?


All of them:


 1%

Most of them:


 15%

Some of them:


 80%

None of them:


 5%

 

Do you think that people with higher incomes should pay a larger percentage of their incomes as taxes than people with smaller incomes?


Yes:


 65%

No:


 35%

 

Should some people be excused from paying taxes on their incomes?


Yes:


 54%

No:


 46%

 

Which local government should get the sales taxes on Internet purchases?


The government in whose jurisdiction the item ships:


 7%

The government in whose jurisdiction the Internet store is located:


 11%

The government in whose jurisdiction the purchaser resides:


 30%

 

Internet purchases should not be taxed:


 52%

Do you try to shop in places according to the sales tax rates of the location?


Yes:


 18%

No:


 78%

I have no idea what you are talking about:


 4%

 

Which of the following "sin" taxes would you be least inclined to support?


Higher taxes on SUVs and other large gas-powered vehicles:


 19%

Higher taxes on cigarettes:


 12%

Higher taxes on liquor:


 26%

Higher taxes on gambling winnings:


 4%

Higher taxes on fur:


 5%

Higher taxes on junk food:


 34%

 

Do you know anyone who owes more than $2 million in taxes who you could turn in for a 10% reward from the Internal Revenue Service?


Yes, and I might turn them in for the reward:


 2%

Yes, but I would never turn them in for the reward:


 2%

No, but I would turn them in the for the reward if I did:


 49%

No, but I wouldn't turn them in for the reward if I did:


 47%

 

BONUS QUESTION:
Which of the following movies about taxes would most likely be on your Netflix list?


The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938):


 30%

Untouchables (1987):


 35%

A Taxing Woman (1988):


 5%

Death & Taxes (1993):


 5%

Mars Attacks (1996):


 19%

The Taxman (1998):


 6%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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