2010 United States federal budget

The United States Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, titled A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise,[6] is a spending request by President Barack Obama to fund government operations for October 2009–September 2010. Figures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010, which must be authorized by Congress.

2010 (2010) Budget of the United States federal government
President Barack Obama with OMB Director Peter Orszag.
SubmittedFebruary 26, 2009[1]
Submitted byBarack Obama
Submitted to111th Congress
Total revenue$2.381 trillion (requested)
$2.163 trillion (actual)[2]
14.6% of GDP (actual)[3]
Total expenditures$3.552 trillion (requested)
$3.456 trillion (actual)[2]
23.4% of GDP (actual)[3]
Deficit$1.171 trillion (requested)
$1.294 trillion (actual)[4]
8.7% of GDP (actual)[3]
Debt$13.53 trillion (at fiscal end)
91.4% of GDP[5]
GDP$14.799 trillion[3]
WebsiteOffice of Management and Budget
‹ 2009
2011

The government was initially funded through two temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the government was enacted as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, on December 16, 2009.[7]

Total spending

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A pie chart representing spending by category for the US budget for 2010[citation needed]

Incoming President Barack Obama's budget request for FY 2010 totaled $3.55 trillion and was passed by Congress on April 29, 2009. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage changes compared to FY 2009. A breakdown of Obama's budget request includes the following expenditures:[8]

  • Mandatory spending: $2.173 trillion (+14.9%)
 
US receipt and expenditure estimates for fiscal year 2010.

Total revenue

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2010 Actual Receipts by Source

  Social Security/other payroll tax (40.4%)
  Deposits of earnings and Federal Reserve System (3.6%)
  Excise tax (3.4%)
  Customs duties (1.1%)
  Estate and gift taxes (0.8%)
  Other miscellaneous receipts (0.8%)

(in billions of dollars):

Source Requested[9] Enacted[10] Actual[11]
Individual income tax 1,061 936 899
Corporate income tax 222 157 191
Social Security and other payroll tax 940 875 865
Excise tax 77 73 67
Estate and gift taxes 20 17 19
Customs duties 23 24 25
Deposits of earnings and Federal Reserve System 22 77 76
Allowance for jobs initiatives - −12 -
Other miscellaneous receipts 16 18 21
Total 2,381 2,165 2,163

Deficit

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The total deficit for fiscal year 2010 was $1.293 trillion.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Remarks by the President on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget". whitehouse.gov. February 26, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2015 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b "Summary Tables". 2012 Budget of the U.S. Government. United States Office of Management and Budget. February 14, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "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.
  4. ^ "Table 1.1—SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (–): 1789–2020" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Historical Tables" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010". U.S. Congress. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  8. ^ "FY 2010 Budget, 'A New Era of Responsibility' vid. p.119" (PDF). Government Accountability Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Summary Tables" (PDF). Fiscal Year 2010 Budget of the U.S. Government. United States Office of Management and Budget. Table S–4: Proposed Budget by Category. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  10. ^ "Summary Tables" (PDF). Fiscal Year 2011 Budget of the U.S. Government. United States Office of Management and Budget. Table S–4: Proposed Budget by Category. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Summary Tables" (PDF). Fiscal Year 2012 Budget of the U.S. Government. United States Office of Management and Budget. Table S–4: Proposed Budget by Category. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
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