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CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on November 29, 2018
- Presentation
On November 17, 2018, Kevin Perese, a senior adviser in CBO's Tax Analysis Division, and Patrick Landers, formerly of CBO, presented at the National Tax Association’s 111th Annual Conference on Taxation.
- Report
In 2015, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $20,000 for the lowest quintile and $292,000 for the highest quintile. After transfers and taxes, those averages were $33,000 and $215,000.
- Presentation
Presentation by Justin Humphrey, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Committee for Education Funding.
- Working Paper
CBO’s analysis of the distribution of household income relies on data from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). This paper describes how CBO adjusts for the underreporting of government transfers by CPS respondents.
- Report
In this primer, CBO discusses the methodological differences between the FCRA and fair-value approaches and how those differences affect estimates of the cost of federal credit programs.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 7, 2018
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 27, 2018
- Report
Using FCRA procedures, CBO estimates that new loans and loan guarantees issued in 2019 would result in savings of $37.4 billion. But using fair-value procedures, CBO estimates that they would have a lifetime cost of $37.9 billion.