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How public spending was calculated in your tax summary

A short explanation of how public spending was calculated and shown in your tax summary.

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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. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp summary will provide an illustration of how your payments of income tax and national insurance contributions were used by the government in its spending.

Updates to this page

Published 2 November 2014
Last updated 20 December 2024 show all updates
  1. Updated for December 2024.

  2. Updated for 2024

  3. Updated for February 2023

  4. updated for 2021

  5. Note: How public spending was calculated in your tax summary guidance updated December 2020.

  6. Updated to reflect 2017-18 summaries.

  7. Updated to reflect spring 2018 release of 2016-17 summaries

  8. Changed the text in the detail to illustrate that it is now third consecutive year

  9. Updated to reflect 2014-15 summaries

  10. First published.

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