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A taxpayer receipt is a proposed receipt given by government to taxpayers that would show the breakdown of the citizen's tax paid for areas such as social security , the military, education,
veterans' benefits The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides a wide variety of benefits, e.g., educational assistance (GI Bill), healthcare, assisted living, home loans, insurance, and burial and memorial services, for retired or separated United States armed ...
and health care. In many countries the data for tax division is publicly available, so the amount of taxes one has paid can be calculated by any taxpayer. Thus, regardless of whether countries implement taxpayer receipt, the same information is available, so some question whether the breakdown should be made available to citizens that are not prepared to calculate it themselves. Research has found that taxpayer receipts have the potential to reduce political polarization with respect to taxation and government spending. The
113th congress The 113th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015, during the fifth and sixth years of Barack Obama's presidency. It was composed of the ...
of the United States passed the Taxpayer's Receipt
bill Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Pla ...
in August 2012. The aim of the bill was to resolve taxpayer concerns about the use of their money. Information in the bill gives exact details of the Taxpayer Receipt. The proposed bill is in the public domain and available on the web.


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from evolvingexcellence.com * http://www.whatwepayfor.com/ * https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3039/text {{DEFAULTSORT:Taxpayer Receipt Tax terms