As the Chinese Ministry of Finance studies a proposed reform of personal income tax, an online poll has shown that 70 percent of respondents consider the tax burden "slightly high".
目前财政部正在研究个人所得税改革，而一项网络调查显示，70%的工薪族认为税负偏高。The poll, featuring 1,911 participants and conducted by China Youth Daily last week, also revealed that 44.6 percent are satisfied with the current tax method while 16.9 percent are not.
这项《中国青年报》上周对1911人进行的调查还显示，对于现行的个税征收方案，44.6%的受访者表示满意，16.9%的受访者不满意。While 53.2 percent of the surveyed said the existing personal income tax does not take factors such as pricing levels and family needs into account, 43.1 percent cried out for fairness, 38.5 percent said the personal income tax threshold is too low and 16 percent that the taxation mechanism lags behind the actual situation.
53.2%的受访者认为现行个税方案没有考虑物价、家庭等因素，43.1%的受访者认为缺乏公平，38.5%的受访者认为个税起征点过低，16.0%的受访者认为征收制度滞后。
According to the newspaper, 50.6 percent of respondents are well aware of the details regarding their personal income tax payment, while 17.7 percent knew little. Nearly 80 percent expect tax reform, 68.7 percent that tax collection methods should be adjusted according to social and economic development realities and 57.3 percent a tax cut in order to lower the wage-earning burden.
根据该报的报道，50.6%的受访者对自己个人所得税的纳税情况很了解，但是有17.7%的人表示自己不太了解。与此同时，近80%的受访者期待个税改革，68.7%的受访者认为个税方案应随经济社会发展形势而适时调整，57.3%的受访者建议降低税率、调低工薪阶层的税负。Zhang Po, from Wuhan in Hubei Province, said he hopes the reform will take family needs such as costs for taking care of the elderly and kids into consideration in reducing his financial burden.
来自湖北武汉的张坡表示，他希望新的个税改革可以把赡养老人和抚养小孩的家庭需求考虑进去，这样有利于减轻家庭的负担。Zheng Yin, an accountant from Xi'an in Shanxi province, said it would be more reasonable to levy personal income tax based on the family income rather than individual.
在陕西西安从事会计工作的郑茵表示，从家庭的收入角度扣除所得税比从个人角度来扣除会更加合理。Liu Ying, a professor at the School of Finance and Taxation of the Capital University of Economics and Business, said family income-based tax would be difficult at the current stage as it is much more complicated than the existing method and tax authorities lack related information.
首都经济贸易大学财政税务学院税务系主任刘颖认为，现阶段以家庭为单位征收还存在很大的难度。这是由于缺少相关信息，所以以家庭为单位征收会有很多复杂的情况。