United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-03-22 monographic deposited born digital 50 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213 P0b002ee18037f74d f:d07213 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213 GAO-07-213 Budgets Federal social security programs Financial analysis Financial management Personal income taxes Program evaluation Program management Social security benefits Strategic planning Trust funds Trust fund sustainable solvency Social Security Trust Fund Other Written Product A67125 Absent reform, Social Security's financing gap will grow until currently scheduled benefits can no longer be paid in full. Recent reform proposals often include general revenue (GR)--a major change that can have significant implications for the budget as a whole. This report addresses these issues: (1) What information is available about GR in recent proposal scorings by Social Security's Office of the Chief Actuary (OCACT)? (2) What common mechanisms, especially GR mechanisms, are used to increase program revenue? (3) What are the implications of GR for the trust fund and the federal budget? We have prepared this report under the Comptroller General's statutory authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative as part of a continued effort to assist Congress in addressing the challenges facing Social Security. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213.pdf GAO-07-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-213 Other Written Product GAO-07-213; Social Security Reform: Greater Transparency Needed about Potential General Revenue Financing; Budgets Federal social security programs Financial analysis Financial management Personal income taxes Program evaluation Program management Social security benefits Strategic planning Trust funds Trust fund sustainable solvency Social Security Trust Fund