In 2020 the government is making accessible online, a clear and simple summary of how much income tax and national insurance households paid in the last financial year. The summary will provide an illustration of how your payments of income tax and national insurance contributions were used by the government in its spending.
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Published 2 November 2014 Last updated 20 December 2024 +show all updates
Updated for December 2024.
Updated for 2024
Updated for February 2023
updated for 2021
Note: How public spending was calculated in your tax summary guidance updated December 2020.
Updated to reflect 2017-18 summaries.
Updated to reflect spring 2018 release of 2016-17 summaries
Changed the text in the detail to illustrate that it is now third consecutive year
