...and think we ALL pay too much tax

THOSE on the lowest incomes are the most likely to complain that they pay too much tax, the report found.

It said that 51 per cent of the bottom fifth by income think they pay too much tax. People on middle and high incomes were much less likely to believe that anybody was paying too much tax.

Seven out of ten of the poorest believed that taxes were too high for those who were struggling to make ends meet on low income.

The report said: ‘While we might expect the poorest group to say that those on the highest incomes do not pay enough tax, this is not the case.

‘Those in the lowest income group are more likely to think that taxes are too high overall, for everyone, while those on high incomes are less likely to have this view.’