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We made a tool to show how your government uses your tax dollars

We made a tool to show how your government uses your tax dollars

by afrederico·Mar 20, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidEye Candy

Sankey diagrams for tax breakdowns — nice visuals, but just a calculator.

Strengths
  • •16 countries supported with country-specific tax brackets and deductions.
  • •Dark mode UI with clean salary input flow — pleasant first-time experience.
Weaknesses
  • •Single-page calculator with no depth — public tax data, no novel computation.
  • •Tax calculators already exist on government sites and SmartAsset, NerdWallet.
Category
Finance
Target Audience

General public curious about tax allocation

Similar To

SmartAsset Tax Calculator · NerdWallet Tax Calculator

Post Description

Hey HN, we made a simple tool that shows you where your money is going. Since I'm in the US, my favorite is the "Deep Dive" where it shows me a Sankey diagram of where taxes on my salary go.

We've added 16 major countries and put more in all the time as the data comes available.

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