Is this an official IRS or US Government tool?
No. We have no affiliation with the IRS or any federal agency. This is a personal project that reads public government data and presents it as a receipt. The numbers are computational estimates — not your actual tax bill and not tax advice.
Where does the data come from?
Three public sources, all US government:
- IRS Revenue Procedures — federal tax brackets, standard deduction, payroll tax rates. Used to compute your tax bill.
- OMB Historical Tables + CBO Monthly Budget Reviews — total federal outlays and the breakdown by budget category (defense, healthcare, etc.).
- USAspending.gov — agency- and contractor-level recipients within each category.
No proprietary data, no API keys, no scraped sources. Anyone with patience could reproduce the numbers from a spreadsheet.
How accurate are the numbers?
Your tax bill is computed exactly from published IRS bracket math — it should match a 1040 Worked Example for the same inputs (within a few dollars from rounding).
Where the money goes is an approximation. Category-level outlays are published, but the slice of each category that goes to specific agencies or contractors is estimated from USAspending.gov and similar public sources. Some years are still using preliminary OMB numbers until the final release. The shape is right; the last digit is not.
We’re also not modelling every deduction or credit (mortgage interest, dependents, EITC, etc.). The receipt assumes you’re taking the standard deduction. If your situation is more complex, your real bill will differ.
Is it free?
Yes — completely free, no account required. Every calculator and the full top-level breakdown across every federal budget category is open to everyone.
What do you do with my data?
If you’re signed in, we save each receipt (salary, filing status, fiscal year, computed total) to your account so you can see your history in My Receipts. Anonymous visits are not saved. We don’t sell your data, we don’t show ads, and you can export or delete everything from My Receipts. Full details in the privacy policy.
Can I share my receipt?
Yes — every receipt has a shareable URL, and pasting it into iMessage, Slack, Twitter, etc. will unfurl with a custom card showing the headline number and your top 5 outlays. You can also attribute it to yourself (or not) via the share menu.
I found something wrong / I have a suggestion.
Email mytaxreceiptsapp@gmail.com. Bug reports, data corrections, feature ideas — all welcome.