New Zealanders’ Views On Further Tax Cut Options
24 May 2008
SHAPENZ BUDGET 2008 SURVEY
REPORT
Interim result
New Zealanders’ Views On Further Tax Cut Options
This ShapeNZ survey was undertaken between 4.15pm Thursday May 22 and 2.38pm Friday May 23, 2008.
The 2872 respondents are weighted by age, gender, income, employment status, ethnicity and party vote 2005 to provide a nationally representative sample. The maximum margin of error is +/- 1.8% on the national sample.
An earlier interim report covering overall reaction to the Budget is at http://www.nzbcsd.org.nz/story.asp?id=909
Compared with three years ago, your household is
A. Much better
off
5%
B. Better off
12%
C. About the
same
29%
D. Worse off
37%
E. Much worse
off
15%
F. Don't know
2%
Generally, do you believe it would be responsible or irresponsible to make further tax cuts than those already proposed for the next three years?
A. Responsible
45%
B. Irresponsible
29%
C. Don't
know
20%
D. Other
5%
Do you believe New Zealand can afford to make tax cuts during the next three years which are larger than those proposed in the Budget
A. Yes, New Zealand can afford larger tax cuts than
proposed
52%
B. No, New Zealand cannot afford larger
tax cuts than those proposed
29%
C. Don't
know
17%
D. Other
2%
If further tax cuts were to be made, in addition to those announced in the Budget, how much should they be per week?
A. $10 per
week
10%
B. $20 per week
20%
C. $30 per
week
12%
D. $40 per week
8%
E. $50 per
week
14%
F. $100 per week
5%
G. More than
$100 per week
2%
H. No more tax cuts are needed
other than those proposed
19%
I. Don't
know
9%
If further personal tax cuts meant less was available for social spending (benefits, health, education) would you support or oppose the reductions?
A. Support
27%
B. Oppose
60%
C. Don't
know
13%
If further tax cuts were to put up prices and mortgage interest rates, would you support or oppose further tax reductions?
A. Support
13%
B. Oppose
77%
C. Don't
know
10%
Cross table results by party
vote.
Please use sub sample results with
caution.
ShapeNZ Budget 2008 survey
Survey Results
Table (Weighted)
Q4. Generally, do you believe it would
be responsible or irresponsible to make further tax cuts
than those already proposed for the next three
years?
Multichoice - Single Answer Only
A.
Responsible
B. Irresponsible
C. Don't know
D.
Other
A B C D
ALL 2880 45% 29% 20% 5%
(Please note results in first column are for 2005 party
vote., Other results for answers by current party
vote)
PARTY VOTE
Labour
Party 36% 35% 39% 19% 5%
National
Party 27% 59% 19% 19% 3%
Don’t know or can't
remember 16% 49% 21% 25% 4%
Green
Party 4% 18% 55% 13% 12%
Mâori
Party 4% 60% 15% 12% 14%
New Zealand First
Party 3% 39% 39% 14% 7%
Was not eligible to
vote 3% 34% 38% 22% 6%
Chose not to
vote 2% 43% 19% 33% 5%
Other (please
specify) 2% 54% 16% 27% 3%
ACT New
Zealand 1% 70% 9% 12% 9%
Jim Anderton's Progressive
Party 1% 25% 61% 15%
United Future New
Zealand 1% 45% 25% 27% 3%
Destiny New
Zealand 0% 47% 41% 12%
Christian Heritage
NZ 0% 46% 38% 15%
Alliance 0% 50% 50%
Aotearoa
Legalise Cannabis Party 0% 67% 33%
99 MP
Party 0% 86% 14%
OneNZ Party 0% 100%
Democrats for Social Credit 0% 100%
New Zealand
Family Rights Protection Party 0% 100%
Q5. Do you believe New Zealand can afford to make tax cuts during the next three years which are larger than those proposed in the Budget
Multichoice - Single Answer Only
A. Yes, New Zealand can afford larger tax cuts than
proposed
B. No, New Zealand cannot afford larger tax cuts
than those proposed
C. Don't know
D. Other
A B C D
ALL 2880 51% 29% 16% 2%
PARTY
VOTE
Labour Party 36% 40% 38% 19% 3%
National
Party 28% 68% 18% 11% 1%
Don’t know or can't
remember 16% 52% 24% 21% 2%
Green
Party 4% 22% 50% 18% 8%
Mâori
Party 4% 55% 22% 22% 2%
New Zealand First
Party 3% 52% 34% 9% 6%
Was not eligible to
vote 3% 37% 45% 17%
Chose not to vote 2% 57% 14% 29%
Other (please specify) 2% 68% 15% 15% 2%
ACT New
Zealand 1% 82% 11% 6% 0%
Jim Anderton's Progressive
Party 1% 25% 57% 19%
United Future New
Zealand 1% 76% 21% 2%
Destiny New
Zealand 0% 54% 41% 5%
Christian Heritage
NZ 0% 46% 30% 23%
Alliance 0% 9% 9% 82%
Aotearoa
Legalise Cannabis Party 0% 33% 67%
99 MP
Party 0% 86% 14%
OneNZ Party 0% 100%
Democrats for Social Credit 0% 100%
New Zealand
Family Rights Protection Party 0% 100%
Q6. If further tax cuts were to be made, in
addition to those announced in the Budget, how much should
they be per week?
(Please tick the level you think would
be appropriate)
Multichoice - Single Answer Only
A. $10
per week
B. $20 per week
C. $30 per week
D. $40 per
week
E. $50 per week
F. $100 per week
G. More than
$100 per week
H. No more tax cuts are needed other than
those proposed
I. Don't know
A B C D E F G H I
ALL 2892 10% 19% 11% 7% 14% 5%
2% 19% 9%
PARTY
VOTE
Labour
Party 36% 11% 22% 14% 5% 10% 6% 1% 21% 10%
National
Party 27% 7% 19% 13% 13% 21% 5% 2% 13% 7%
Don’t know or
can't remember 16% 13% 21% 11% 9% 15% 4% 3% 15% 8%
Green
Party 4% 8% 7% 5% 3% 6% 5% 1% 52% 10%
Mâori
Party 4% 2% 12% 3% 10% 22% 1% 31% 20%
New Zealand First
Party 3% 9% 19% 17% 6% 9% 7% 0% 19% 14%
Was not eligible
to vote 3% 17% 20% 3% 7% 19% 0% 24% 10%
Chose not to
vote 2% 20% 17% 10% 6% 14% 6% 3% 8% 16%
Other (please
specify) 2% 9% 17% 9% 3% 4% 18% 18% 11% 10%
ACT New
Zealand 1% 14% 24% 9% 8% 7% 9% 14% 9% 7%
Jim Anderton's
Progressive Party 1% 1% 30% 18% 1% 49%
United
Future New Zealand 1% 18% 26% 9% 7% 14%
20% 6%
Destiny New Zealand 0% 21% 4% 22% 7%
41% 5%
Christian Heritage NZ 0% 9% 14% 23%
30% 23%
Alliance 0% 46% 9% 4% 41%
Aotearoa
Legalise Cannabis Party 0% 15% 18% 67%
99 MP
Party 0% 86% 14%
OneNZ Party 0% 100%
Democrats for Social Credit 0% 100%
New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party 0% 100%
Q7. If further personal
tax cuts meant less was available for social spending (
benefits, health, education) would you support or oppose the
reductions?
Multichoice - Single Answer Only
A.
Support
B. Oppose
C. Don't know
A B C
ALL 2879 26% 60% 13%
PARTY VOTE
Labour
Party 36% 17% 70% 12%
National
Party 28% 41% 45% 13%
Don’t know or can't
remember 16% 27% 55% 16%
Green
Party 4% 15% 71% 12%
Mâori
Party 4% 12% 81% 7%
New Zealand First
Party 3% 16% 72% 13%
Was not eligible to
vote 3% 26% 61% 12%
Chose not to
vote 2% 25% 57% 18%
Other (please
specify) 2% 24% 45% 31%
ACT New
Zealand 1% 66% 28% 5%
Jim Anderton's Progressive
Party 1% 13% 78% 9%
United Future New
Zealand 1% 33% 64% 3%
Destiny New
Zealand 0% 20% 64% 16%
Christian Heritage
NZ 0% 23% 77%
Alliance 0%
59% 41%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0%
100%
99 MP Party 0% 86% 14%
OneNZ
Party 0% 100%
Democrats for Social Credit 0%
100%
New Zealand Family Rights Protection
Party 0% 100%
Q8. If further
tax cuts were to put up prices and mortgage interest rates,
would you support or oppose further tax
reductions?
Multichoice - Single Answer Only
A.
Support
B. Oppose
C. Don't know
A B C
ALL 2886 12% 77% 10%
PARTY VOTE
Labour
Party 36% 10% 81% 8%
National
Party 27% 14% 72% 13%
Don’t know or can't
remember 16% 11% 76% 12%
Green
Party 4% 8% 84% 6%
Mâori
Party 4% 5% 88% 7%
New Zealand First
Party 3% 11% 83% 4%
Was not eligible to
vote 3% 18% 76% 6%
Chose not to
vote 2% 12% 68% 20%
Other (please
specify) 2% 32% 56% 11%
ACT New
Zealand 1% 46% 46% 8%
Jim Anderton's Progressive
Party 1% 13% 78% 9%
United Future New
Zealand 1% 7% 92% 2%
Destiny New
Zealand 0% 16% 68% 16%
Christian Heritage
NZ 0% 5% 68% 27%
Alliance 0%
59% 41%
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 0%
100%
99 MP Party 0% 86% 14%
OneNZ
Party 0% 100%
Democrats for Social Credit 0%
100%
New Zealand Family Rights Protection
Party 0% 100%
ShapeNZ methodology
This question and answer report prepared by Tasman Research and Consultation Limited outlines how the Business Council's ShapeNZ online research panel is recruited and its methodology.
The Business Council runs the national online survey panel, ShapeNZ, to allow public input on major issues. The panel is primarily built from purchased lists and weighted results are representative of the population as a whole, compared with the 2006 census. At 8 April 2008 the panel had 9001 members. At 22 May 2008 is had 13,568 members. ShapeNZ members register and provide demographic and previous party vote information to ensure results can be accurately weighted to reflect the New Zealand population. Registration is also available at www.shapenz.org.nz.
This research may be used and published with the prior approval the Business Council.
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