# Two percent that gives hope

> Assigning 2% of your tax is not an extra charge – just a decision whether the money stays with the state or goes to a good cause.

Tax season is coming, and with it the chance to decide what happens to **2% of your tax**. Every year, individuals and companies in Slovakia can assign a share of the income tax they have paid to non-governmental non-profit organisations for public-benefit activities. It is not an extra charge – just a [decision](https://rozhodni.sk/poukazatel/) (in Slovak) whether 2% of your income tax stays in the state budget or goes to a good cause.

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Source: https://www.darujmedetomnadej.sk/en/two-percent/what-is-the-two-percent-assignment