Your Federal Tax Bill Receipt
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On April 18, 2011 @ 12:30 pm In Taxes and Policy | Comments Disabled
Today is the (extended) deadline to get you taxes filed — and for me to get the last of my related tax posts up for the foreseeable future.
This beauty below comes to us via the Thirdway [1], a breakdown of where your federal tax money actually goes. Punch in the exact amount of dollars you paid in Federal taxes (including FICA, withholding, etc.) and it will tell you exactly how much you spent on various federal programs:
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click for interactive table
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Hat tip Ezra Klein [3]
Article printed from The Big Picture: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog
URL to article: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/04/your-federal-tax-bill-receipt/
URLs in this post:
[1] Thirdway: http://www.thirdway.org/taxreceipt
[2] Image: http://www.thirdway.org/taxreceipt#
[3] Ezra Klein: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/with-a-taxpayer-receipt-wed-see-what-the-government-is-doing-with-our-money/2011/03/08/ABgSawQ_story.html
Click here to print.