2006 United States federal budget

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2006 (2006) Budget of the United States federal government
SubmittedFebruary 7, 2005 [1]
Submitted byGeorge W. Bush
Submitted to109th Congress
Total revenue$2.178 trillion (requested)[2]
$2.407 trillion (actual)[3]
17.6% of GDP (actual)[4]
Total expenditures$2.568 trillion (requested)[2]
$2.655 trillion (actual)[3]
19.4% of GDP (actual)[4]
Deficit$390 billion (requested)[2]
$248.2 billion (actual)[3]
1.8% of GDP (actual)[4]
Debt$8.45 trillion (at fiscal end)
61.8% of GDP (actual)[5]
GDP$13.685 trillion[6]
WebsiteOffice of Management and Budget
‹ 2005
2007

The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2006 is a spending request by President Bush to fund government operations for the year beginning October 1, 2006.

Total Receipts

2006 Actual Receipts by Source

  Social Security/other payroll tax (34.8%)
  Excise tax (3.1%)
  Estate and gift taxes (1.2%)
  Customs duties (1.0%)
  Other miscellaneous receipts (1.9%)

(in billions of dollars)

Source Requested[7] Actual[8]
Individual income tax 967 1,044
Corporate income tax 220 354
Social Security and other payroll tax 819 838
Excise tax 76 74
Estate and gift taxes 26 28
Customs duties 28 25
Other miscellaneous receipts
(Including, Capital gains tax and Generation-skipping transfer tax)
42 45
Total 2,178 2,407

Total Spending

The President's budget for 2006 totals $2.7 trillion. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:

  • $544.8 billion (20.90%) - Social Security
  • $512.1 billion (18.00%) - Defense
  • $359.5 billion (13.79%) - Unemployment and welfare
  • $345.7 billion (13.26%) - Medicare
  • $268.4 billion (10.30%) - Medicaid and other health related
  • $211.1 billion (8.10%) - Interest on debt
  • $88.7 billion (3.40%) - Education and training
  • $70.7 billion (2.71%) - Transportation
  • $68.4 billion (2.62%) - Veterans' benefits
  • $43.1 billion (1.65%) - Administration of justice
  • $38.4 billion (1.47%) - Foreign affairs
  • $31.2 billion (1.20%) - Natural resources and environment
  • $26.0 billion (1.00%) - Agriculture
  • $24.0 billion (0.92%) - Science and technology
  • $19.1 billion (0.73%) - Community and regional development
  • $17.8 billion (0.68%) - General government
  • $23.4 billion - Energy

Adjustments

  • -$698 billion (2.68%) - Undistributed offsetting receipts

2006 Deficit Estimate

(The amount that government spending exceeds total receipts)

  • $500 billion

See also

References

  1. ^ "Press Release". President Proposes Tight FY 2006 Budget for the National Archives. National Archives. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c 2006 Budget Summary Tables. Government Publishing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2006-BUD/pdf/BUDGET-2006-BUD-33.pdf. Retrieved October 8, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Table 1.1—SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (–): 1789–2020" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Table 1.2—SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (–) AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP: 1930–2020" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Historical Tables" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Table 1.2—SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (–) AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP: 1930–2020" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  7. ^ "2006 Public Budget Database". Fiscal Year 2006 Public Budget Database. United States Office of Management and Budget. Receipts: Public Budget Database. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "2008 Public Budget Database". Fiscal Year 2008 Public Budget Database. United States Office of Management and Budget. Receipts: Public Budget Database. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

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