The above question was asked to the It-Your-Vote community.
We provided additional information for the question which was:
"Should the UK increase the taxes for people earning more than £80,000 a year. Is it right that people on £80,000+ a year should pay more tax because they earn more money. Alternatively, should we be reducing tax for high earners as they will still be paying a large amount of tax compared to a person on lesser earnings. Or is the current tax system fair and should be left as it is.".
The available answers for this questions were:
1. Increase tax on £80,000+ earners as should pay more tax as earn more
2. Reduce tax on £80,000+ earner and encourage/reward their success
3. Current tax system is ok - no change needed
4. No view
The winning answer was "Current tax system is ok - no change needed" with 61.06% of the total vote.
Answer | Percentage |
---|---|
Decrease tax | 7.07% |
No change needed | 61.06% |
No view | 0.88% |
Increase tax | 30.97% |
Answer | Male % | Female % | Total % |
---|---|---|---|
Decrease tax | 5.30% | 1.76% | 7.07% |
No change needed | 48.67% | 12.38% | 61.06% |
No view | 0.88% | 0% | 0.88% |
Increase tax | 20.35% | 10.61% | 30.97% |