PRINCETON, N.J., April 14 (UPI) -- The percentage of U.S. taxpayers indicating taxes are excessive is close to the lowest percentage on record this year, researchers at Gallup said Wednesday.
In a recent poll, 48 percent of respondents indicated their taxes were "too high," close to the record low of 46 percent, which was set twice, once in 1961, when John F. Kennedy was president, and last year, Gallup said.
Gallup has been conducting an annual poll on taxes since 1956. The highest percentage of taxpayers indicating their taxes were "too high" came in 1969, when 69 percent of the respondents indicated they were paying too much in taxes.
This year, 45 percent of the respondents indicated their tax bills were the right amount. Few in the poll -- never more than 3 percent -- ever indicate their taxes are "too little," Gallup said.
Gallup has found that income did not matter so much as political affiliation in determining viewpoints on taxes.
Forty-eight percent of those earning $75,000 per year or more indicated their taxes were "too high," the same percentage as the overall average.
Among Republicans surveyed, 54 percent indicated their taxes were "too high," Gallup said.
The results of the poll conducted April 8-11 are based on 1,020 interviews and carry a margin of error of plus and minus 4 percentage points.
