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?
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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 May 04, 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 May 04, 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: May 04, 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 May 04, 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/
