i never did really care about income and property taxes (including vehicle related taxes), even though they can be a pain in the *ss. i believe they're a fair share of contribution to society, at least in the capitalist context that we live in. but it bothers me product taxes, especially those levied upon non-processed or low-processed food, medicine, basic hygiene and cleaning, basic clothing and products not produced in your country when said country doesn't have an industrial policy to encourage the production of these items internally.

Me? Not really. The people I hear complaining the most are those that:

1. have no clue where their tax dollars go.
2. are most likely to make use of government services, and complain the loudest if those services are changed or removed.
3. think we pay FAR more taxes than every other country (am in Canada).

A little, but not too much.

Flat taxes annoy me more than proportional taxes.

I'm more or less forced to, how I wish I could pay it just like another bill rather than some complicated guess-and-file game.

I also want the government to give me an itemized list, to a reasonable extent, of where my taxes are going. As a thought exercise, I added "taxation theft" to my yearly budget, which I currently calculate as over a third of my taxes. That's my best estimate of the taxes I'm paying to bomb innocent civilians halfway across the globe, among other uses I would not approve of.

I wish I lived in a country that takes better care of its taxpayers so I wouldn't have to care about the tax I pay.

I've not heard anyone ever complain about it other than in media.

Maybe you need to be more upper class to relate.

We have a saying in my country: there's no point in complaining because nobody listens. I mean we are all paying so what's the point of moaning about it

Depends on the tax. Progressive income tax? I don't care so much. Flatter taxes like sales, property, gas, etc, I care about more because it affects the people at the bottom disproportionately. We only need a progressive income tax AND accountability at the top end for people to pay in. Tired of billionaires getting off free with loop holes.

No (US). Those who loudly complain are generally conservatives who can’t understand how marginal tax rates and brackets work.

Yes. But I don’t complain about it. I do complain about wealthier people and businesses don’t pay taxes like I do.

Not historically, no. Were my taxes always used properly? Probably not, but I believed in the overall system generically.

But since Trump's second term I've cut back significantly on Federal taxes I pay (I still pay State). I've converted some FTE-related income to 1099 and ceased paying quarterly and I've claimed 10+ allowances on W4 income to reduce taxes withheld.

I'm on a payment plan of $250/mo with the IRS and they most recently told me to just keep paying monthly as best I can.

Thing is, I owe far, far, far more than 100x that. So I guess they'll just never get all their money. I don't care.

In California, yes. Moreso because taxes keep rising but services keep dwindling.