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View Test Prep - Quiz72 from ECONOMICS 1230 at Brown University. If receipts exceed outlays there is a budget deficit. ANS: F PTS: 1 10. If outlays exceed receipts there is a budget surplus.
A General Receipt, often known as just a Receipt, is a document by which one party can evidence that they received something from another party. Receipts are most often used in situations of sale, like a sale of goods or sale of services.
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Table 1.1—Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-): 1789–2025 Table 1.2—Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-) as Percentages of GDP: 1930–2025 Table 1.3—Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-) in Current Dollars, Constant (FY 2012) Dollars, and as Percentages of GDP: 1940–2025 Table 1.4—Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-) by Fund Group: 1934–2025
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Table 2.1—Receipts by Source: 1934–2025 Table 2.2—Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934–2025 Table 2.3—Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934–2025 Table 2.4—Composition of Social Insurance and Retirement Receipts and of Excise Taxes: 1940–2025 Table 2.5—Composition of “Other Receipts”: 1940–2025
Table 3.1—Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940–2025 Table 3.2—Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962–2025
Table 4.1—Outlays by Agency: 1962–2025 Table 4.2—Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962–2025
Table 5.1—Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976–2025 Table 5.2—Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2025 Table 5.3—Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2025 Table 5.4—Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2025 Table 5.5—Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2025 Table 5.6—Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976–2025
Table 7.1—Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940–2025 Table 7.2—Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940–2025 Table 7.3—Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940–Current
Table 8.1—Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962–2025 Table 8.2—Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars: 1962–2025 Table 8.3—Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962–2025 Table 8.4—Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as Percentages of GDP: 1962–2025 Table 8.5—Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962–2025 Table 8.6—Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars: 1962–2025 Table 8.7—Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962–2025 Table 8.8—Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars: 1962–2025
Table 9.1—Total Investment Outlays for Physical Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training: 1962–2021 Table 9.2—Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays in Current and Constant (FY 2009) Dollars: 1940–2021 Table 9.3—Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays in Percentage Terms: 1940–2021 Table 9.4—National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct Physical Capital Investment: 1940–2021 Table 9.5—Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct Physical Capital Investment: 1940–2021 Table 9.6—Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public Physical Capital Investment: 1941–2021 Table 9.7—Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and Development: 1949–2021 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars) Table 9.8—Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and Development: 1949–2021 Table 9.9—Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Education and Training: 1962–2021
Table 11.1—Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for Individuals: 1940–2025 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars) Table 11.2—Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments for Individuals: 1940–2025 Table 11.3—Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category and Major Program: 1940–2025
Table 12.1—Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments: 1940–2025 (in Current Dollars, as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY 2012) Dollars) Table 12.2—Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940–2025 Table 12.3—Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940–2021
Table 14.1—Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2019 Table 14.2—Total Government Expenditures: 1948–2019 Table 14.3—Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2019 Table 14.4—Total Government Expenditures by Major Category of Expenditure: 1948–2019 Table 14.5—Total Government Expenditures by Major Category of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2019 Table 14.6—Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2019