Rejected petition Make it compulsory in Pay Slips to show a breakdown of where our Taxes go

In countries such as France people's Pay Slips clearly displays exactly where the tax a person pays ends up, such as towards defence, health, prisons and road tax. In our pay slips we are only shown "Tax" and "National Insurance". The British public deserves to know exactly where their money goes.

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If the British Public can see exactly where their money goes, we will be better informed when it comes to making decisions for the greater good of our country. If we knew how much money goes towards our military rather than education maybe more people will fight to save the money so we can spend it our childrens' future.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

HMRC already sends taxpayers an annual summary which explains how tax is spent:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary

There is also an app available:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-app-calculates-your-tax-and-how-it-is-spent

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Date submitted 11 May 2016
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