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CBO revenue line

On-budget revenues

Revenues counted in the regular (on-budget) totals.

What this means

On-budget revenues exclude certain legally off-budget receipts, mainly Social Security payroll taxes credited to the trust funds.

CBO variable: rev_on_budget

In the data

CBO amount · FFY 2025

$4.0T

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.

Related

  • On-budget vs off-budget

    Off-budget usually means Social Security (and sometimes Postal Service) accounts.

  • Off-budget revenues

    Mostly Social Security payroll taxes credited off-budget.

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