How much of your work goes into paying for taxes
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Tax Freedom Day, which measures how many days the U.S. must work to pay to cover the annual taxes, will be April 17.
That's four days longer than last year, which means Americans are needing to work more to pay taxes.
Tax Freedom Day is a calendar-based illustration of how much the government spends.
The data assumes work across the nation begins on January 1, Americans earn the same wage every day while spending nothing.
The information is provided by Tax Foundation.
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