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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 2010 through January 2013 (FY 2013). Data is available in Table FE-1 below.

PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart

Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2013

HPLS-10 Table FE-1
  October
2012
November
2012
December
2012
January
2013
February
2013
March
2013
April
2013
May
2013
June
2013
July
2013
August
2013
September
2013
Fiscal Year
to Date
Percent Change
from Prior Year
Highway Account                            
Opening Balance $9,730,745,098 $5,697,093,037 $12,078,908,265 $11,665,786,520                 $9,730,745,098 -32.1%
Receipts:                          
Net Tax Receipts 382,874,000 3,565,234,000 3,097,764,000 2,875,972,000                 9,921,844,000 -0.2%
Interest Income 535,446 784,027 453,007 425,147                 2,197,626 425.0%
Other Receipts 1/ 1,859,597 6,201,229,445 1,701,771 1,495,896                 6,206,286,710 116138.1%
Total Receipts 385,269,043 9,767,247,472 3,099,918,778 2,877,893,043                 16,130,328,336 62.2%
Transfers:                            
To Mass Transit Account - - 40,114,864 -                 40,114,864 -87.5%
From Mass Transit Account - 3,104,198 1,427,098 201,170                 4,732,466 0.0%
Outlays 4,418,921,103 3,388,536,442 3,474,352,757 2,524,295,700                 13,806,106,003 4.6%
Closing Balance 5,697,093,037 12,078,908,265 11,665,786,520 12,019,585,033                 12,019,585,033 11.9%
Mass Transit Account                            
Opening Balance 5,194,284,212 4,714,382,062 4,632,626,728 4,309,031,155                 5,194,284,212 -29.0%
Receipts                            
Net Tax Receipts 53,516,000 529,937,000 460,551,000 427,590,000                 1,471,594,000 3.4%
Interest Income 364,453 384,804 153,018 145,291                 1,047,566 325.9%
Other Receipts - - - -                 - 0.0%
Total Receipts 53,880,453 530,321,804 460,704,018 427,735,291                 1,472,641,566 3.5%
Transfers                            
To Highway Account - 3,104,198 1,427,098 201,170                 4,732,466 0.0%
From Highway Account - - 40,114,864 -                 40,114,864 -87.5%
Outlays 533,782,602 608,972,940 822,987,357 566,032,480                 2,531,775,379 -7.2%
Closing Balance $4,714,382,062 $4,632,626,728 $ 4,309,031,155 $ 4,170,532,796                 $4,170,532,796 -34.1%

1/ Includes a transfer of $6.2 billion from the General Fund in November pursuant to section 40251 of P.L. 112-141.

PDF: Table FE-1

 

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