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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 2006 through September 2009. Data is available in Table FE-1 below.

PDF: Highway Account Balance Chart

Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2009

HPLS-10 Table FE-1
October
2008
November
2008
December
2008
January
2009
February
2009
March
2009
April
2009
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
August
2009
September
2009
Fiscal Year
to Date
Percent Change
from Prior Year
Highway Account                            
Opening Balance $ 10,032,229,989 $ 6,525,365,473 $ 6,022,563,743 $ 5,341,377,935 $ 5,733,204,923 $ 5,532,621,201 $ 5,493,751,670 $ 5,844,060,385 $ 5,202,195,384 $ 4,387,613,890 $ 3,250,736,131 $ 8,746,817,588 $ 10,032,229,989 23.7%
Receipts:                          
Net Tax Receipts 796,926,000 2,741,058,000 2,610,878,000 2,546,257,000 2,088,145,000 2,364,488,000 2,640,100,000 2,418,447,000 2,910,722,000 3,306,755,000 2,139,840,000 3,562,783,000 30,126,399,000 -3.8%
Other Receipts 1,715,173 1,226,274 1,678,619 1,338,572 6,363,721 1,555,510 1,397,590 3,661,562 1,669,635 1,554,968 7,165,895,208 3,023,004 7,191,079,837 -10.5%
Total Receipts 798,641,173 2,742,284,274 2,612,556,619 2,547,595,572 2,094,508,721 2,366,043,510 2,641,497,590 2,422,108,562 2,912,391,635 3,308,309,968 9,305,735,208 3,565,806,004 37,317,478,837 -5.2%
Transfers:                          
To Mass Transit Account 112,400,000 613,670 58,300,000 3,436,452 121,399,237 49,820,857 61,050,000 70,743,475 140,824,764 311,723,280 8,346,214 66,132,579 1,004,790,528 124.0%
From Mass Transit Account - - - 1,205,408 340,898 644,679 76,400,000 5,963,732 6,660,696 5,021,498 7,827,477 3,671,968 107,736,356 414.4%
Outlays 4,193,105,689 3,244,472,334 3,235,442,427 2,153,537,539 2,174,034,105 2,355,736,863 2,306,538,876 2,999,193,820 3,592,809,061 4,138,485,945 3,809,135,014 3,368,825,290 37,571,316,963 1.5%
Closing Balance $ 6,525,365,473 $ 6,022,563,743 $ 5,341,377,935 $ 5,733,204,923 $ 5,532,621,201 $ 5,493,751,670 $ 5,844,060,385 $ 5,202,195,384 $ 4,387,613,890 $ 3,250,736,131 $ 8,746,817,588 $ 8,881,337,691 $ 8,881,337,691 -11.5%
Mass Transit Account                          
Opening Balance $ 6,786,622,062 $ 6,396,260,506 $ 6,361,375,692 $ 6,228,584,986 $ 6,186,822,007 $ 6,226,353,432 $ 6,004,710,703 $ 5,878,187,196 $ 5,999,990,182 $ 5,913,959,995 $ 6,221,180,433 $ 5,869,722,204 $ 6,786,622,062 -7.1%
Receipts                          
Net Tax Receipts 113,663,000 428,990,000 408,652,000 398,508,000 380,638,000 370,438,000 413,504,000 419,536,000 451,529,000 512,834,000 356,297,000 554,669,000 4,809,258,000 -4.6%
Other Receipts - - - - - - - - - - - - - -100.0%
Total Receipts 113,663,000 428,990,000 408,652,000 398,508,000 380,638,000 370,438,000 413,504,000 419,536,000 451,529,000 512,834,000 356,297,000 554,669,000 4,809,258,000 -4.6%
Transfers                          
To Highway Account - - - 1,205,408 340,898 644,679 76,400,000 5,963,732 6,660,696 5,021,498 7,827,477 3,671,968 107,736,356 414.4%
From Highway Account 112,400,000 613,670 58,300,000 3,436,452 121,399,237 49,820,857 61,050,000 70,743,475 140,824,764 311,723,280 8,346,214 66,132,579 1,004,790,528 124.0%
Outlays 616,424,555 464,488,484 599,742,706 442,502,024 462,164,914 641,256,906 524,677,507 362,512,757 671,723,256 512,315,344 708,273,966 1,274,619,698 7,280,702,116 21.6%
Closing Balance $ 6,396,260,506 $ 6,361,375,692 $ 6,228,584,986 $ 6,186,822,007 $ 6,226,353,432 $ 6,004,710,703 $ 5,878,187,196 $ 5,999,990,182 $ 5,913,959,995 $ 6,221,180,433 $ 5,869,722,204 $ 5,212,232,117 $ 5,212,232,117 -23.2%

PDF: Table FE-1

 


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