Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 14, 2023
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April 14, 2023: Forty-three percent (43%) of voters are opposed to the creation of a government run tax preparation service. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 35% favor its creation and 22% are unsure.
The survey also found that 58% of voters would continue to file their taxes in the way they do now, even if such a service was created. Just 24% say they would use the government run system. Voters are divided as to whether the IRS would be fair (45%) or unfair (42%) in preparing tax returns under such a system.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 28-29, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Recently, Congress approved the creation of a government run tax preparation service. Would you favor or oppose the creation of such a system?
- 14%-Strongly favor
- 29%-Somewhat favor
- 17%-Somewhat oppose
- 18%-Strongly oppose
- 22%-Not sure
If the IRS creates a government run tax preparation service, would you choose to use it or would you continue to file taxes in the way you do now?
- 24%-Would use the IRS system
- 58%-Would file taxes the way I do now
- 18%-Not sure
If the IRS were to become responsible for preparing individuals’ tax returns, collecting taxes, and managing appeals, how likely is it that the IRS would be fair in preparing those tax returns?
- 19%-Very likely
- 26%-Somewhat likely
- 20%-Not very likely
- 21%-Not at all likely
- 14%-Not sure
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