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Status of the Highway Trust Fund

The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.

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Line chart showing a comparison of the Highway Account Balances for  Fiscal Years 2007 through July 2012 (FY 2012). Data is available in Table FE-1 below.

PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart

Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2012

HPLS-10 Table FE-1
October
2011
November
2011
December
2011
January
2012
February
2012
March
2012
April
2012
May
2012
June
2012
July
2012
August
2012
September
2012
Fiscal Year
to Date
Percent Change
from Prior Year
Highway Account                            
Opening Balance $14,322,538,907 $11,132,865,333 $10,768,157,935 $10,418,829,031 $10,739,761,522 $12,302,997,693 $12,469,339,838 $12,696,734,994 $12,728,805,926 $10,513,839,615 $9,527,259,141 $0 $14,322,538,907 -31.0%
Receipts:                          
Net Tax Receipts 702,762,000 3,347,799,000 3,198,633,000 2,687,750,000 3,917,957,419 2,711,856,000 2,852,924,175 3,285,863,000 1,799,665,738 2,878,973,000 2,846,672,012 - $30,230,855,344 10.8%
Interest Income 117,048 106,227 34,289 161,026 429,331 621,838 592,156 683,347 409,251 461,509 645,573 - $4,261,593 -61.2%
Other Receipts 1/ 1,425,221 1,176,137 1,513,523 1,224,408 1,761,938 1,457,866 1,899,822 73,367,590 2,440,138 1,489,332  2,402,224,623 - $2,489,980,598 11686.0%
Total Receipts 704,304,269 3,349,081,364 3,200,180,812 2,689,135,434 3,920,148,687 2,713,935,703 2,855,416,153 3,359,913,937 1,802,515,127 2,880,923,841  5,249,542,208 - $32,725,097,535 19.8%
Transfers:                            
To Mass Transit Account - 250,000,000 - 70,350,000 - 80,000,000 281,000,000 - - - 281,000,000 - $962,350,000 18.3%
From Mass Transit Account - - - - - 6,761,101 - 1,774,457 1,586,589 2,011,320 2,371,230 - $14,504,697 -57.8%
Outlays 3,893,977,842 3,463,788,761 3,549,509,716 2,297,852,944 2,356,912,516 2,474,354,659 2,347,020,997 3,329,617,462 4,019,068,026 3,869,515,635  5,217,014,228 - $36,818,632,788 11.9%
Closing Balance 11,132,865,333 10,768,157,935 10,418,829,031 10,739,761,522 12,302,997,693 12,469,339,838 12,696,734,994 12,728,805,926 10,513,839,615 9,527,259,141  9,281,158,351 - $9,281,158,351 -35.5%
Mass Transit Account                            
Opening Balance 7,315,274,803 6,404,916,321 6,531,260,005 6,335,806,097 6,330,202,249 6,281,187,252 6,268,828,591 6,066,064,961 6,036,889,390 5,732,947,265  5,786,629,564 - $7,315,274,803 -13.8%
Receipts                            
Net Tax Receipts 110,947,000 475,578,000 454,409,000 381,874,000 448,273,646 422,303,000 444,250,000 502,562,000 340,440,602 440,364,000 339,468,250 - $4,360,469,499 3.1%
Interest Income 65,044 64,787 19,079 97,050 249,685 297,911 269,915 292,053 195,407 264,742 350,925 - $2,166,596 -54.3%
Other Receipts - - - - - - - - - - - - $0 0.0%
Total Receipts 111,012,044 475,642,787 454,428,079 381,971,050 448,523,331 422,600,911 444,519,915 502,854,053 340,636,009 440,628,742 339,819,175 - $4,362,636,095 3.1%
Transfers                            
To Highway Account - - - - - 6,761,101 - 1,774,457 1,586,589 2,011,320 2,371,230 - $14,504,697 -57.8%
From Highway Account - 250,000,000 - 70,350,000 - 80,000,000 281,000,000 - - - 281,000,000 - $962,350,000 18.3%
Outlays 1,021,370,525 599,299,103 649,881,987 457,924,898 497,538,328 508,198,471 928,283,546 530,255,166 642,991,546 384,935,123 702,784,477 - $6,923,463,168 8.9%
Closing Balance $6,404,916,321 $6,531,260,005 $6,335,806,097 $6,330,202,249 $6,281,187,252 $6,268,828,591 $6,066,064,961 $6,036,889,390 $5,732,947,265 $5,786,629,564 $5,702,293,032 $0 $5,702,293,032 -20.1%

1/ Includes a transfer of $2.4 billion from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund in August pursuant to section 40201 of P.L. 112-141.

PDF: Table FE-1

 

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