Political Trust and Support for a Tax Increase for Social Welfare: The Role of Perceived Tax Burden

Recent decades have seen a rapid increase in social welfare spending South Korea. Along with population aging and increased demands for programs, securing sustainable level of taxation is becoming urgent. Thus, this study explores the factors associated individuals’ support tax expansion, focusing on political trust. This also role perceived burden moderating linkage between trust expansion. Using ordered probit 2019 National Survey Tax Benefit, found that positively However, positive effect decreases when individuals perceive their burdens as high. offers implications findings policymakers such simplifying codes improving fairness taxpayers.