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Treasury outlay line

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts

Accounting offsets that reduce reported totals, often shown as negative outlays.

What this means

Offsetting receipts are collections recorded as negative outlays in budget accounting. “Undistributed” means they are not assigned to a single agency line in this presentation. Large negative amounts here are bookkeeping offsets, not a program that “spends less.”

Related

  • Federal outlays

    Money the government actually pays out in a fiscal year.

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