Budget of Charlemont

Tax, spending, and the annual surplus or deficit they produce.

Annual Budget

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National debt decreases by $46.6bn a year ($3.9bn a month)

Earning band	Tax rate	Avg for peers	Tax take
Personal income tax: Low earners	10%	16.5%	$57.7bn
Personal income tax: Medium earners	20%	22.5%	$235.9bn
Personal income tax: High earners	50%	34.5%	$765.2bn
Personal income tax: Elite earners	60%	40.6%	$453.8bn
Total			$1,512.7bn

Category	$ per capita		% of budget		Our Country budget
Category	Our Country	Peers	Our Country	Peers	Our Country budget
Category	% of budget	Budget
Social Welfare	$834	$1,045	5.8%	8.6%	$65.0bn
Retirement	$1,091	$1,952	7.6%	16.7%	$85.0bn
Healthcare	$2,632	$2,388	18.4%	19.2%	$205.0bn
Education	$1,797	$1,642	12.6%	14.0%	$140.0bn
Housing	$834	$603	5.8%	5.5%	$65.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$1,053	$676	7.4%	7.5%	$82.0bn
Defence	$2,567	$827	17.9%	7.6%	$200.0bn
Environment & Climate	$257	$235	1.8%	2.0%	$20.0bn
Business Support	$1,284	$592	9.0%	5.8%	$100.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$282	$243	2.0%	2.1%	$22.0bn
Foreign Aid	$13	$70	0.1%	0.8%	$1.0bn
Roads & Highways	$596	$385	4.2%	3.6%	$46.4bn
Public Transport & Rail	$476	$305	3.3%	2.9%	$37.1bn
Energy Infrastructure	$358	$232	2.5%	2.2%	$27.9bn
Ports & Airports	$239	$157	1.7%	1.5%	$18.6bn
Total Budgeted Spending			100.0%		$1,115.0bn
Budget as a % of tax take					73.7%
Decision expenditure: National AI programme		Decision expenditure: National AI programme				$313.4bn
Total after exceptional items		Total after exceptional items				$1,428.4bn

How tax, interest, and borrowing feed spending categories — hover a bar for the annual figure.