US Income and Spending / Dashboard

US Net Income

Explore federal net receipts and their sources across fiscal years using the U.S. Treasury's Monthly Treasury Statement (MTS) Table 4. Here, net income means receipts after refunds; it does not subtract government spending.

Net Income: Yearly Comparisons

Open in Tableau Public

Use the dashboard's controls to compare federal net receipts. If the embedded view does not load or is difficult to use on your device, open it in Tableau Public using the link above.

Notes and observations

Reading the data

Compare complete, equivalent periods. Do not compare a partial current fiscal year against a full prior fiscal year.
Check the dashboard's coverage dates and active filters before drawing conclusions.
Displayed values are rounded to the nearest billion for clarity.
Table 4 separates gross receipts, refunds, and net receipts. Net receipts describe incoming funds after refunds, rather than a budget surplus or deficit.

Observations

Dashboard-specific observations will be added as the data is reviewed.

Data sources and processing

This dashboard uses MTS Table 4: Receipts of the U.S. Government, published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The source includes receipt categories, refunds, and net receipts for the current month, fiscal year to date, and comparable prior fiscal year to date.

Official Treasury dataset and Table 4 API endpoint.
Table 4 field documentation: source fields, reporting periods, and units.
Collection and validation: how reports are downloaded and checked before loading.
Transformations and provenance: type conversion and source tracking.
Storage and corrections, exports and analysis, and refresh behavior.

The data pipeline and the published Tableau workbook are separate stages. Pipeline documentation does not verify the workbook's calculations, filters, joins, or refresh history. Check the published view's coverage before interpreting results.

US Spending — compare federal outlays alongside net receipts.
US Deficit — examine the gap between spending and net receipts.
US Income and Spending — return to the dashboard directory.
Monthly Treasury Statements — explore the source tables and reading guide.
Table 1 reconciliation — why this project uses Table 4 for net income and Table 5 for net spending.
Federal deficit and interest — context for receipts, spending, and borrowing.