Your Tax Dollar Receipt

your tax dollar RECEIPT Ever wondered what your income taxes pay for? Well, guess what, the government gives you a receipt (find yours at whitehouse.gov/issues/taxes). Every dollar of paid income tax is divvied up. Let's say you paid $5 in 2013 income tax. It would break down as follows. NUMBERS BELOW HAVE BEEN ROUNDED TO NEAREST WHOLE CENT. $1.26 HEALTH CARE + wy NATIONAL DEFENSE 94c JOB & FAMILY SECURITY 43 ONET INTEREST 27C ! VETERANS BENEFITS 25° ADD'L GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS E 14° EDUCATION & JOB TRAINING 10° NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT 10° IMMIGRATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, & ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE gc INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 6° SCIENCE, SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSIAVAVAVAV VVAVAVAVAVAVAAVAVAV AA 6° AGRICULTURE 5° RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS 2° COMMUNITY, AREA AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MONEYSIDEOFLIFE.COM April 2014 © brass|MEDIA RESEARCH & WRITING: JENS ODEGAARD brass DESIGN & LAYOUT: KRISTIN DAVIS, HALI KAELIN тм sources: whitehouse.gov, cbo.gov, irs.gov THE MONEY SIDE OF LIFEM FEDERAL RESEKV NOTE STED SIATIS, AMERICA IL 0255511 8 THE L12 IL 555