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2026年4月14日 / 美国东部时间下午3:47 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网
皮尤研究中心近期的民调显示，随着4月15日报税截止日期临近，大多数美国人认为自己缴纳的税款超出了应缴份额，这一观点在该国高收入群体中认可度最高。
皮尤研究发现，尽管从老年人到小费从业者等所有群体都获得了新的减税政策，但近年来这种不满情绪愈发普遍。美国国税局的数据显示，2026年许多美国人的退税金额也有所增加，典型退税金额较去年同期增长约11%。退税规模扩大反映了2025年通过的“宏伟法案”中新的税收减免政策。
皮尤研究中心的数据显示，约68%的高收入群体——定义为家庭年收入超过155600美元的家庭——认为自己缴税过高，这一比例在所有收入阶层中最高。仅有约三分之一的受访者认为自己的税负水平合理。
对缴税的抱怨并非新鲜事。不过，不满情绪似乎正在上升：皮尤研究中心发现，2026年约60%的成年人认为自己缴税过高，高于2019年的约51%。盖洛普4月10日的一项民调也得出了类似结果——59%的受访者称自己缴税过高。
专家表示，这一增长可能反映出更多家庭感受到了疫情以来持续高企的通胀压力。在食品杂货、汽油、医疗保健和住房成本不断上涨的情况下还要缴税，无疑会加剧民众的不满情绪。
杰克逊·休伊特税务服务公司首席税务官马克·斯蒂伯在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网的邮件中表示：“我们知道许多辛勤工作的美国人正面临财务压力。在我看来，无论何时从人们口袋里掏钱——无论是通过工资预扣还是报税季缴税——哪怕缴税是高尚且必要的责任，都让人难以接受。”
与此同时，近几十年来许多收入群体的税率有所下降。特朗普总统首任任期内标志性的2017年《减税与就业法案》将最高边际税率从39.6%降至37%。
“公平的代价”
斯蒂伯表示，公众对税收的普遍不满也可能反映出税法的复杂性。
许多美国人对税收运作方式缺乏清晰认识。税收基金会2024年的一项调查发现，超过一半的纳税人缺乏基本的税务知识，包括税级如何运作。
美国税收体系旨在实现累进税制，即低收入美国人缴纳的联邦所得税占其收入的比例低于高收入劳动者。美国国税局的数据显示，高收入家庭缴纳了大部分联邦所得税。许多低收入家庭最终几乎无需缴纳所得税，尽管他们仍需缴纳工资税、销售税、州税和其他税费。
斯蒂伯说：“所得税并不简单，但复杂性是公平的代价。每个人的财务状况都不同，当你将这一点叠加到复杂的税收体系上时，纳税人自然会将自己缴纳的税款与他们认为获得的回报进行比较，这可能会强化他们认为自己缴税超出应缴份额的看法。”
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Most Americans say they pay too much in taxes. Here’s what the data shows.
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As the April 15 tax filing deadline nears, most Americans say they believe they are paying more than their fair share — a sentiment that is strongest among the nation’s top earners, according to recent polling from the Pew Research Center.
That belief has become more widespread in recent years, despite new tax cuts for everyone from seniors to tipped workers, Pew found. Many Americans are also getting bigger refunds in 2026, with the typical refund up about 11% compared with a year earlier, IRS data shows. The bigger refunds reflect new tax breaks under the “big, beautiful bill” enacted in 2025.
About 68% of top earners — defined as households with total annual income of more than $155,600 — say they pay too much in taxes, the highest share of any income bracket, according to Pew. Only about one-third of those polled say their tax burden is appropriate.
Complaints about paying taxes are nothing new. Still, the level of discontent appears to be on the rise: In 2026, about 60% of adults said their taxes are too high, up from about 51% in 2019, Pew found. An April 10 survey from Gallup found a similar share — 59% — say they pay too much in taxes.
That increase may reflect more households feeling the strain of inflation, which has remained elevated since the pandemic, according to experts. And it stands to reason that paying taxes on top of rising costs for groceries, gas, health care and housing may compound frustrations.
“We know that many hardworking Americans are feeling financial pressure,” said Mark Steber, chief tax officer at Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, in an email to CBS News. “In my opinion, anytime money comes out of someone’s pocket, even with the noble and necessary responsibility of paying taxes — either through paycheck withholdings or during tax filing time — it is just hard.”
At the same time, tax rates for many income groups have declined in recent decades, with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, President Trump’s signature tax law during his first term, reducing the top tax bracket from 39.6% to 37%.
“The price tag for fairness”
Widespread public frustration with taxes may also reflect the complexity of the tax code, Steber said.
Many Americans lack a clear understanding of how taxes work, with one 2024 survey from the Tax Foundation finding that more than half of taxpayers lacked basic tax literacy, including how tax brackets function.
The tax system is designed to be progressive, meaning that lower-income Americans pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than do higher-income workers. IRS data shows that the top-earning households pay the bulk of federal income taxes. Many low-income households end up owing little or nothing in income taxes, although they are subject to payroll, sales, state and other taxes.
“Income taxes aren’t simple, but complexity is the price tag for fairness,” Steber said. “Everyone’s financial situation is different, and when you layer that onto an elaborate tax system, taxpayers naturally compare what they pay to what they feel they’re getting back, which can reinforce the perception that they’re paying more than their fair share.”
Edited by Alain Sherter
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