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Federal budget · FY2024

Where does federal general government spending go?

$36 billionin FY2024 · 0.5% of all federal spending

General Government covers the executive, legislative, and judicial branch overhead plus tax administration — about $36 billion in FY2024, one of the smallest functions despite running the entire federal government. The biggest single line is the IRS (~$13B), which collects $4.9 trillion in annual revenue and processes hundreds of millions of returns.

Other significant pieces: the rest of the Treasury Department (~$7B for Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions enforcement, Bureau of Fiscal Service, US Mint); the entire legislative branch (~$7B for House and Senate operations, Capitol Police, Library of Congress, CBO, GAO); GSA federal buildings and procurement; the Office of Personnel Management; and the Executive Office of the President (White House Office, OMB, OSTP, NSC).

Where the money goes inside general government

Agency- and program-level breakdown for FY2024.

  • Treasury — IRS$13 billion

    Tax administration, processing returns, audits, taxpayer services, IT modernization.

  • Treasury — Departmental + Bureaus$7 billion

    Treasury Dept ops, Office of Foreign Assets Control (sanctions), Bureau of Fiscal Service.

  • Legislative Branch (Congress, CBO, GAO, LoC)$7 billion

    House + Senate operations, Congressional staff, Capitol Police, Library of Congress, CBO, GAO.

  • Executive Office of the President$500 million

    White House Office, OMB, OSTP, NSC, Council of Economic Advisers.

  • GSA (federal buildings + procurement)$1 billion

    Public Buildings Service, government-wide acquisition contracts, federal motor pool.

  • Office of Personnel Management$500 million

    Federal HR, civil service, federal employee benefits administration.

  • Supreme Court & Judicial Branch admin$500 million

    SCOTUS operations, Administrative Office of the US Courts, Federal Judicial Center.

  • Other general government$6.5 billion

    FEC, Election Assistance Commission, smaller independent agencies, allowances.

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