Voters Want Taxes Simpler but Not Flat
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Support is strong for replacing the entire income tax code with something simpler with lower rates. Many believe a reformed tax code would help the economy, but a flat tax is not what most voters want to see.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows that 77% think it's at least somewhat important to replace the entire federal tax code with something simpler. Only 17% say it's not important, while five percent (5%) are not sure. Those figures include 44% who say it's Very Important and just four percent (4%) who say it's Not at All Important.
The survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters each were conducted on November 13-14, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology .