Taxes
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Federal Excise Tax Revenues
CBO describes excise taxes, examines trends in excise tax revenues, and provides information about the models it uses for its baseline projections of excise tax revenues.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance, 2026 to 2036
Federal subsidies for health insurance total $33.6 trillion over the 2026–2036 period in CBO and JCT's projections. Those estimated subsidies grow from 7.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2026 to 8.4 percent of GDP in 2036.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Social Security's Finances
The Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Molly Dahl, CBO's Chief of Long-Term Analysis, testified about Social Security's finances. This document provides CBO's answers to questions submitted for the record.
- Working Paper
How CBO Estimated the Effects of the 2025 Reconciliation Act on the Labor Supply: Working Paper 2026-06
CBO describes how it estimated the effects on the labor supply of provisions in the 2025 reconciliation act related to individual income taxes and the Medicaid program.
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The Status of the Highway Trust Fund in 2026
Presentation by Chad Shirley, an analyst in CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division, at the 2026 Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance National Conference.
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Revenue Collections Through the Individual Income Tax Filing Season
Collections of federal revenues from October 2025 to mid-May 2026 totaled $3.5 trillion, about $50 billion (or 1 percent) less than would be expected on the basis of CBO's February 2026 baseline projections.
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CBO's Baseline Projections of Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance
Presentation by Phill Swagel, Sean Dunbar, Sarah Masi, and Sarah Sajewski.
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How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget, 2026 to 2036: An Interactive Tool
This tool allows users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios and see how federal revenues, outlays, and deficits and debt under those scenarios might differ from outcomes in CBO's 10-year budget projections.
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How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget: 2026 to 2036
To show how economic conditions affect its budget projections, CBO analyzed how revenues, outlays, and deficits might change if the values of key economic variables differed from those in the agency's forecast.
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CBO Releases Infographics About the Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2025
View CBO's budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2025, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.