ITV News Index Tax Poll

Poll of over 2,000 Britons on politicians and tax for ITV News

As rows over the tax status of party donors rumbles on, a new ComRes poll for ITV News reveals that while three quarters (74%) of Britons think that it is morally wrong for people to try and pay less tax than they should be paying, around two thirds (68%) agree that everyone they know would like to find ways of lowering the amount of tax that they pay.

Three in five Britons (61%) agree that Ed Miliband is right to question how much tax donors to the Conservative Party pay, while just three in ten (29%) do not care how much tax political party donors pay. However, around four in five (82%) say it is no surprise high earners try to pay less tax.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Statement	Agree	Disagree	Don’t know
It is no surprise that high earners try to pay less tax than they should be paying	82%	9%	9%
It is morally wrong for people to try and pay less tax than they should be paying	74%	14%	12%
Everyone I know would like to find ways of lowering the amount of tax they pay	68%	17%	15%
Ed Miliband is right to question how much tax donors to the Conservative party pay	61%	20%	19%
I don’t care how much tax donors to political parties pay	29%	51%	20%

Base: GB adults (n=2,011).

Date Published: 19th February 2015

Client: ITV News

Methodology

Methodology Note: ComRes interviewed 2,011 British adults online between 13^th and 15^th February 2015. Data were weighted to be representative of all GB adults aged 18+. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.