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As the congressional debate over President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul\u00a0begins<\/a>, more Americans say tax rates on corporations and higher-income households should be raised rather than lowered.<\/p>\n\n

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About a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) say tax rates on corporations and large businesses should be lowered, while roughly twice as many (52%) say they should be raised. Another 21% say corporate tax rates should be kept the same as they are now.<\/p>\n\n

There is less public support for raising taxes on higher-income households. However, as with tax rates on corporations, just 24% say taxes on incomes over $250,000 should be reduced; 43% say they should be raised, while 29% favor keeping them the same as they are currently, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Aug. 15-21 among 1,893 adults.<\/p>\n\n

Majorities of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents favor raising tax rates on both corporations (69%) and high incomes (57%), while Republicans are more divided.<\/p>\n\n

Among Republicans and Republican leaners, 41% say tax rates on corporations and large businesses should be lowered, while 32% say they should be raised (23% want them kept as they are). And only about a third of Republicans (36%) say tax rates on household incomes above $250,000 should be reduced; nearly as many (33%) say they should be kept as they are and 26% want them raised.<\/p>\n\n

There is more support for tax cuts for corporations among conservative Republicans (48%) than among moderate and liberal Republicans (28%). Similarly, conservative Republicans (41%) are more likely than GOP moderates and liberals (28%) to favor reducing taxes on household incomes above $250,000.<\/p>\n\n

Democrats, regardless of ideology, support higher tax rates on corporations. But while 70% of liberal Democrats say tax rates on household incomes over $250,000 should be raised, fewer than half of conservative and moderate Democrats (46%) say the same.<\/p>\n\n

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In views of taxes, Republicans are divided by income\n<\/p>\n\n

Among the public overall, there are only modest income differences in views of what should be done with tax rates for corporations and high incomes. For example, a 41% plurality of those with family incomes of $100,000 or more say tax rates on high incomes should be raised; 29% say they should be kept the same as now, while 27% say they should be lowered. These are comparable to opinions among those with lower family incomes.<\/p>\n\n

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Among Republicans, however, there are sizable differences in views of taxes by income. More than half (55%) of Republicans and Republican leaners with family incomes of $100,000 or more favor cutting tax rates on corporations and large businesses, as do 46% of those with incomes between $75,000 and $99,999. Republicans with lower incomes are more divided.<\/p>\n\n

The differences are also stark in Republicans\u2019 views of tax rates on household incomes over $250,000. Half of Republicans (50%) with family incomes of $100,000 or more favor cutting tax rates on high incomes, compared with no more than about a third of Republicans in lower income categories.<\/p>\n\n

Large majorities of Democrats, across income categories, say tax rates on taxes on corporations and large businesses should be increased. Yet lower-income Democrats are less likely than higher-income Democrats to say tax rates on high-income households should be raised (47% of those earning under $30,000 vs. 63% of those earning $30,000 or more).<\/p>\n\n

Note: The full topline can be found here (PDF)<\/a>, and methodology is here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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