Where does my tax go?

Find out where your tax money goes, this gives you a basic outline of where your tax goes UK.

Salary Amount

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Hours
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£0.00

Est. tax amount

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Monthly

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Daily

Welfare

£0.00

Social protection is comprised of various benefits provided to households to help with their needs.

Health

£0.00

Health covers medical services, medical research and "other health services".

State Pensions

£0.00

State Pension is a regular payment from the government most people can claim when they reach State Pension age.

Education

£0.00

Education funding covers pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher. Much more included such as eduction not definable by level.

National Debt Interest

£0.00

Paying off National Debt Interest

Defence

£0.00

Defence covers Military defence, Civil defence and Foreign military aid

Transport

£0.00

Transport funding improves national and local transport link such as roads and railway.

Public Order & Safety

£0.00

Public order and safety includes the criminal justice system, immigration and citizenship functions and the fire services.

Business & Industry

£0.00

General economic, commercial and labour affairs, Agriculture, forestry, fishing, other agriculture, Fuel, energy, Mining, manufacturing and construction.

Government Administration

£0.00

Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs, Foreign economic aid, R&D general public services and more.

Housing and utilities

£0.00

Housing development, Community development, Water supply, Street lighting and R&D housing and community amenities.

Culture

£0.00

Recreational and sporting services, Cultural services, Broadcasting and publishing services, Religious and other community services and R&D recreation

Environment

£0.00

Waste management, Waste water management, Pollution abatement, Protection of biodiversity and landscape, R&D environment protection and Environment protection

Overseas Aid

£0.00

Overseas Aid and Foreign economic aid

UK Contributions to EU budget

£0.00

EU Transactions, EU receipts, Attributed aid and Common Foreign and Security Policy

The data used for this calculator can be found: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary