---
"title": "How Do Americans Feel About Doing Their Taxes?"
"description": "Ben Franklin once said that nothing in life is certain, but death and taxes. More than two centuries later, taxes remain a yearly ritual for most Americans. Most say they dislike – or even hate – doing their taxes, but about a third say they like it – or even love it. Click through the […]"
"date": "2013-04-11"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2013/04/11/taxes-opinion/"
"categories":
  - "Economic Policy"
  - "Taxes"
---

# How Do Americans Feel About Doing Their Taxes?

Ben Franklin once said that nothing in life is certain, but death and taxes. More than two centuries later, taxes remain a yearly ritual for most Americans. Most say they dislike – or even hate – [doing their taxes](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2013/04/11/a-third-of-americans-say-they-like-doing-their-income-taxes/), but about a third say they like it – or even love it. Click through the responses below to find out why…