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Where do tax dollars go when they leave your wallet?

Come tax time, we are painfully reminded of just how much we contribute to the smooth functioning of our society, but just where does all that income tax collected at this time of year go? We take a look at how the $219.9 billion in tax revenue that the government took in last fiscal year was divvied up.

The federal government spent $276.8B last year - and almost half of that came from personal income taxes

A Canadian loonie is pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

Come tax time, we are painfully reminded of just how much we contribute to the smooth functioning of our society, but just where does all that income tax collected at this time of year go?

In the 2013-14 fiscal year, the government spent$276.8 billion, and 80 per cent of it, or $219.9 billion,came from tax revenue. We take a look at how it was divvied up.