Tax Receipt

Live in the US? Ever wonder what your taxes are spent on, exactly? The US government set up a site that gives citizens an individual, detailed tax receipt. Wow!

whitehouse.gov/taxreceipt

(Via davidbauer)

5 Comments leave a comment below

  1. Oh, that’s clever! Over the past two years I’ve discovered The White House website is a surprisingly good/informative time. Who knew?

  2. This just makes me wish I could choose what departments get how much percentage…

  3. I actually put out an iPhone app (free) at the beginning of this year that does this very thing. Also uses GPS to give you information about your representatives.

    http://www.appott.com/taxreceipt

  4. Wish Australia have this.
    The government here is so stupid, using my tax into something that is really unnecessary. Well.. I don’t even know if it is used.
    Ugh! I can go on an on how stupid they are but really admire these thing from US!

  5. I second Kate’s comment, with Canada.

    Actually looking at it for the first time in a long while, whitehouse.gov looks to be very well designed. Canada’s government websites tend to be a bit…lacking.