CBO revenue line

Off-budget revenues

Mostly Social Security payroll taxes credited off-budget.

What this means

Off-budget revenues are dominated by Social Security payroll taxes. They still fund real benefits; “off-budget” is an accounting label, not “unimportant.”

CBO variable: rev_off_budget

In the data

CBO amount · FFY 2025

$1.3T

Billions of dollars unless noted

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Breakdown

This line beside other revenue sources

See the Congress breakdown for the full sortable list and chart.

On-budget vs off-budget
Off-budget usually means Social Security (and sometimes Postal Service) accounts.
On-budget revenues
Revenues counted in the regular (on-budget) totals.
Social Security payroll taxes
OASDI taxes that fund retirement, survivors, and disability benefits.

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