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Federal Budget Totals Are Understated Because of Current Budget Practices

PAD-81-22 Published: Dec 31, 1980. Publicly Released: Dec 31, 1980.
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The government's practice is to offset certain types of revenues when computing and reporting budget outlays and revenue totals. In addition, budget totals are further underreported because of the off-budget status of certain federal activities.

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Budget administrationBudget authorityBudget outlaysFinancial disclosureOff-budget federal entitiesOff-budget federal entity receiptsUnified budgetsRevolving fundsBudgetsFederal budget