Tax Infographics

[daverobev]

Ok, so what I'm looking for is something that shows, for a given country, where tax goes in to the government, and where it goes out - particularly joining the in and out if there really is a join (ie cigarette tax -> the NHS in the UK?).

What I found was this which is pretty cool, but not what I wanted at all:

http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_government_budget/us_govt_budget.html

and this

http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2013/09/where-does-your-tax-dollar-go-an-infographic/

and this which looks so fun but I can't read Chinese

http://www.cou4.com/en/2013-14-hk-budget-tax-measures/

I was thinking a bit about "EI" last night - how much money actually seems to go in to it, and I was wondering where it goes. For example... I think a person pays a max of about $850, plus their employer pays a bit more than that, so $2k a year. Some people never claim, and some get a lot of claims in (and it pays for maternity leave, paternal leave, sickness benefits, etc). I read somewhere that the government have taken money out of the scheme and used it elsewhere. Just wanted to see cool stuff like that pictorially!

So does anyone else have cool monetary pictures to share?

[GuitarStv]

It's pretty easy to find for Canada.


http://www.fin.gc.ca/afr-rfa/2012/report-rapport-eng.asp

Canada's Federal revenues:


and expenses:





http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/budget/paccts/2013/13_ar.html

Ontario revenues:



and expenses:

[seattlecyclone]

One of my favorites for the US federal government is the Death and Taxes poster. It breaks down all the "discretionary" spending by department, and the lower-right corner shows a breakdown of all tax revenues versus all expenditures (including Social Security and Medicare, and highlighting the deficit).

[grantmeaname]

One of my favorites for the US federal government is the Death and Taxes poster. It breaks down all the "discretionary" spending by department, and the lower-right corner shows a breakdown of all tax revenues versus all expenditures (including Social Security and Medicare, and highlighting the deficit).

Agreed, this is the best one I've seen.

[kkbmustang]

Death and Taxes Infographic - Very cool. Will take some time to digest, but thanks for posting it.

[daverobev]

Cool, thanks!

[Don Voice]

Here's what I thought you were asking for originally for the US:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2011/0119-budget/index.html

But if you're looking to tie revenues to spending, I don't know if there's good info out there for the US. Everything basically goes into the general treasury and then they obligate against it.

[TheDude]

XKCD

http://xkcd.com/980/huge/#x=-7984&y=-2696&z=4