See where your taxes go. Imagine what they could do.

Your money already shapes the world — but what if you could see how, question why, and choose better?

✔️ Get a personalised breakdown of how your tax dollars are actually spent
✔️ Fuel informed decisions, advocacy, and values-aligned action
✔️ Join a movement using tools, not outrage, to shape a society they believe in

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Try the Tax Receipt Tool

Below is our first version of the tool to help you see exactly how your federal income tax was spent, and to advocate for your preferred budget approach, all in under five minutes. It may take a moment to load. If you'd rather open the tool in a new tab, click here.

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Who We Are

The Tax Receipt Tool is an independent, nonpartisan project by Original Position, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building technology that helps individuals align their money with their values. This is an early-stage prototype built to test how personalized budget transparency might increase civic understanding and action.

How It Works

We use publicly available federal budget data from the Congressional Budget Office, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, and the IRS. For our MVP, we use historical spending for FY2023 and default income assumptions based on national averages.
We’re planning to add more precise customization, state-level tax breakdowns, and budget projections for the coming year.

Reclaim Your Role in the System

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Know Where It Goes

See exactly how your government spends your taxes in clear, human terms.

Decide What Matters

Explore trade-offs and reallocate spending based on your own values.

Act With Confidence

Use your personalised insights to advocate, vote, or give more intentionally.

Fulfilment Through Purpose

Fulfilment isn’t just personal; it’s deeply connected to how we engage with the world around us. When you understand where your money goes, and align it with what you believe in, you reclaim a sense of agency that modern life often strips away. Civic clarity gives you more than information; it gives you the chance to act with purpose. And purpose, research shows, is one of the most powerful and lasting sources of fulfilment we have.

When citizens understand how public money is spent - and how that aligns with their values - they are more likely to vote, give, and advocate in ways that shape a better future. We believe tools like this can build a more empathetic and accountable democracy. This MVP is our first step in proving that theory.