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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 December 2011 (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 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $14,322,538,907 -31.0%
Receipts:                          
Net Tax Receipts 702,762,000 3,347,799,000 3,198,633,000 - - - - - - - - - $7,249,194,000 17.8%
Interest Income 117,048 106,227 34,289 - - - - - - - - - $257,563 -95.0%
Other Receipts 1,425,221 1,176,137 1,513,523 - - - - - - - - - $4,114,881 -14.1%
Total Receipts 704,304,269 3,349,081,364 3,200,180,812 - - - - - - - - - $7,253,566,444 17.6%
Transfers:                            
To Mass Transit Account - 250,000,000 - - - - - - - - - - $250,000,000 400.0%
From Mass Transit Account - - - - - - - - - - - - $0 0.0%
Outlays 3,893,977,842 3,463,788,761 3,549,509,716 - - - - - - - - - $10,907,276,320 12.3%
Closing Balance 11,132,865,333 10,768,157,935 10,418,829,031 - - - - - - - - - $10,418,829,031 -39.2%
Mass Transit Account                            
Opening Balance 7,315,274,803 6,404,916,321 6,531,260,005 - - - - - - - - - $7,315,274,803 -13.8%
Receipts                            
Net Tax Receipts 110,947,000 475,578,000 454,409,000 - - - - - - - - - $1,040,934,000 7.5%
Interest Income 65,044 64,787 19,079 - - - - - - - - - $148,910 -93.1%
Other Receipts - - - - - - - - - - - - $0 0.0%
Total Receipts 111,012,044 475,642,787 454,428,079 - - - - - - - - - $1,041,082,910 7.2%
Transfers                            
To Highway Account - - - - - - - - - - - - $0 0.0%
From Highway Account - 250,000,000 - - - - - - - - - - $250,000,000 400.0%
Outlays 1,021,370,525 599,299,103 649,881,987 - - - - - - - - - $2,270,551,615 17.1%
Closing Balance $6,404,916,321 $6,531,260,005 $6,335,806,097 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,335,806,097 -16.3%

PDF: Table FE-1

 

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