WASHINGTON — About seven in ten registered voters say the federal income taxes they pay are too high, according to a survey of 1,001 registered voters conducted March 20-23. Sixty-four percent of registered voters said they disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling taxes, up from 53% who said the same in April of last year.

The findings come after Trump and congressional Republicans passed a tax and spending cut bill last year that fulfilled several of the president's tax-related campaign promises. The legislation included a boosted child tax credit and new tax deductions for tips and overtime. Tax refunds are up during the 2026 tax filing season, and households are expected to receive additional income from the law.

Despite those provisions, the share of registered voters who say their taxes are too high has grown. About six in ten registered voters said their taxes were too high last year, compared with the roughly seven in ten who say so now. About six in ten U.S. adults overall say the amount of federal income tax they have to pay is too high, a level of dissatisfaction approaching what surveys recorded during the 1980s and 1990s, before the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

Disapproval of Trump's handling of taxes has risen among Democratic, Republican, and independent voters, with the sharpest increase among independents. About 50% of Democrats and about 60% of Republicans say their federal income taxes are too high. Survey data show that the gap between Republican and Democratic dissatisfaction with federal income taxes often narrows when a Republican is president.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the tax law enacted last year will ultimately give the largest benefits to the richest Americans. About six in ten U.S. adults say the belief that some wealthy people do not pay their fair share of taxes bothers them a lot, and a similar share say the same about corporations. Eight in ten Democrats and four in ten Republicans say the belief that some corporations and wealthy individuals are not paying their fair share bothers them a lot.

Forty-nine percent of U.S. adults say the income tax they will pay this year is not fair. About four in ten U.S. adults say the amount they personally pay in taxes bothers them a lot. Separately, 75% of registered voters say almost all or a great deal of government funding is wasteful and inefficient, with a similar percentage of Republican voters expressing that view. Republicans have promoted the law as evidence that they are making life more affordable for working families.