Colorado website shows you where your tax money goes

On Sunday Colorado State Treasurer Cary Kennedy launched a new feature on the Colorado Department of Treasury website showing Coloradans how much of their hard-earned money is spent on different state projects, agencies and services.

Called ' Colorado Tax Tracks,' the interactive site gives users a detailed breakdown of their tax money is used. Users simply enter in how much their annual income is, and easy-to-read pie charts detail how their money is spent.

• $727 to fund K-12 public schools for 832,368 students in Colorado
• $52 to fund state prisons that house nearly 26,600 inmates
• $1.30 for plant and animal industry inspections
• $4.94 for statewide water resource management and groundwater inspections, and
• $1.77 for statewide disease control

Coloradans pay $7 billion annually in state taxes including income, sales and fuel. Colorado Tax Tracks links what people pay in taxes with what they buy. It is the first state website of its kind in the country.