Where the Money Goes

Texas State Expenditures

In these economic times, all taxpayers — at the city, county, state and federal levels — deserve to know their tax dollars are used wisely. The Texas Comptroller’s office is improving Texas government transparency and setting new standards for accountability in our state. Data is updated nightly, so check back often for updated information.

For additional support with state expenditure data, you may contact the submitting state agency's open records or public information contact.

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NEW: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Search Tools

State agency search Find out who is spending what. NEW: Look up travel expenses by agency with a clickable pie chart for viewing payment details. Vendor search See who is being paid by the state. Spending category search View how much is spent in broad spending categories. Purchasing code search Drill deeper into detailed purchases – down to the pencils – for the largest state agencies. Seeing 2010 Data? Fiscal Year 2010 began on September 1, 2009, so new year-to-date activity will appear if selecting 2010 in some of the payment transaction search tools.

Search TxDOT payment transactions and grant awards reports Budget and Expenditure Search Tools Track state expenditures against budget appropriations. Agency Budget vs. Actual Expenditures See how an agency’s total spending tracks against their strategy appropriation budgets. Expenditures by Agency Strategy Compare spending by category for each agency strategy. Expenditures by Funding Source Look up agency spending by category by revenue source. View more Budget and Expenditure search tools

Helpful Resources:

• Texas Contracts Searchable Database (State Agency Major Contract Reporting to Legislative Budget Board)
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas (PDF)
• Texas Budget Source: Budget report generator and list of state agencies by the articles of the General Appropriations Bill
• General Appropriations Act for the 2008-09 Biennium (PDF)
• Legislative Budget Board

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Some information has been designated as confidential by the submitting agency, per Texas Government Code Section 403.024(d). If you have questions concerning this particular expenditure, you may contact the submitting state agency's open records contact. If you have questions concerning this provision, please contact the Comptroller’s Open Records manager at open.records@cpa.state.tx.us.