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For information about federal budget policy issues, see:Federal policy on the budget, 2017-2018!

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signing into law state budget bills on July 11, 2011.
Between fiscal years 2015 and 2016, total state spending (including both state and federal funds and excluding bonds) was estimated to have increased by 3.99 percent, from $1.85 trillion (including both state and federal funds) in fiscal year 2015 to an estimated$1.93 trillion in fiscal year 2016.[1]

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Welcome to theBudget Policy Project, where you will find information pertaining to budget and finance policy in the 50 states. Our pages provide extensive information about expenditures, revenues and tax policy, as well as the terms and definitions used in public policy debates. This project will equip citizens with the tools to better understand the nuts and bolts of state finances and engage in the public policymaking process.

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A group of people filing tax forms at an Internal Revenue Service office in 1920.
In 2015, the federal government collectedapproximately $3.2 trillion in revenues. Individual income taxes accounted for 47.4 percent of this revenue. Total federal government spending wasapproximately $3.7 trillion. To learn more about federal tax policy and spending,click here.