+----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | Discretionary spending | Mandatory spending | Sum of tax expenditure | | Fiscal Year | (in billions of 2019 dollars) | minus net interest | revenue loss estimates | | | | (in billions of 2019 dollars) | (in billions of 2019 dollars) | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1989 | 898.8 | 893.5 | 610.7 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1990 | 888.0 | 1,007.7 | 618.2 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1991 | 913.4 | 1,021.7 | 608.9 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1992 | 892.0 | 1,083.5 | 629.8 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1993 | 881.3 | 1,095.4 | 637.9 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1994 | 864.9 | 1,146.5 | 670.5 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1995 | 852.4 | 1,155.9 | 694.3 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1996 | 818.1 | 1,208.1 | 698.2 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1997 | 825.4 | 1,222.4 | 729.0 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1998 | 822.7 | 1,280.6 | 824.6 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 1999 | 841.8 | 1,324.3 | 887.3 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2000 | 886.1 | 1,371.7 | 927.6 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2001 | 914.2 | 1,419.3 | 1005.9 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2002 | 1,017.6 | 1,533.3 | 1045.1 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2003 | 1,122.3 | 1,610.0 | 1004.0 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2004 | 1,190.2 | 1,645.4 | 968.2 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2005 | 1,249.6 | 1,702.4 | 1000.8 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2006 | 1,271.0 | 1,765.1 | 1058.6 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2007 | 1,267.7 | 1,764.8 | 1027.5 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2008 | 1,353.3 | 1,901.8 | 1046.8 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2009 | 1,458.8 | 2,467.5 | 1156.2 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2010 | 1,574.6 | 2,236.7 | 1197.6 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2011 | 1,543.7 | 2,321.6 | 1228.9 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2012 | 1,446.3 | 2,283.4 | 1214.7 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2013 | 1,327.5 | 2,243.5 | 1264.8 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2014 | 1,277.0 | 2,273.6 | 1266.1 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2015 | 1,251.7 | 2,459.7 | 1319.9 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2016 | 1,258.4 | 2,576.9 | 1506.8 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2017 | 1,252.0 | 2,627.4 | 1537.4 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2018 | 1,286.1 | 2,571.4 | 1402.1 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | | | 2019 | 1,337.8 | 2,735.4 | 1320.6 | +----------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+ Source: GAO analysis of Department of the Treasury and Office of Management and Budget data. Note: Summing tax expenditure estimates provides a sense of size but does not take into account possible interactions among individual tax expenditures or outlay effects from refundable credits. Total changes in tax revenues from repealing tax expenditures could differ from the sum of the estimates.