L.231 Taxes Payable by Businesses
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2022 2023 2024 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 Line
All sectors; taxes payable; liability FL893178005 565.1 588.3 592.2 574.8 605.1 592.2 684.1 576.6 570.0 1
Nonfinancial corporate business; total taxes payable; liability FL103178005 265.6 249.7 239.0 232.5 233.9 239.0 338.1 223.8 189.2 2
Nonfinancial noncorporate business; taxes payable; liability FL113178003 229.7 239.3 249.4 243.5 246.3 249.4 252.0 253.6 256.7 3
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; total taxes payable (net); liability FL763178000 30.2 56.6 61.2 45.9 75.0 61.2 49.6 58.4 80.6 4
Property-casualty insurance companies; total taxes payable; liability FL513178005 10.5 11.0 12.4 23.0 17.8 12.4 14.5 11.4 12.4 5
Life insurance companies, general accounts; total taxes payable; liability FL543178075 6.0 7.2 5.4 6.1 6.7 5.4 5.2 4.7 5.3 6
Finance companies; total taxes payable; liability FL613178005 16.6 18.6 18.4 17.3 18.0 18.4 18.2 18.9 19.3 7
Security brokers and dealers; taxes payable; liability FL663178003 3.9 4.0 5.4 5.5 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 6.3 8
Holding companies; taxes payable, tax on foreign earnings retained abroad; liability FL733178013 2.5 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 9
All sectors; taxes receivable; asset FL893078005 742.7 677.7 725.9 679.5 705.8 725.9 805.1 719.0 797.5 10
Federal government; total taxes receivable; asset FL313078000 457.6 383.0 421.1 380.6 404.2 421.1 497.8 410.0 485.4 11
State and local governments; taxes receivable; asset FL213078005 285.1 294.7 304.8 298.9 301.6 304.8 307.3 309.0 312.1 12
Instrument discrepancies; taxes receivable FL903078005 -177.6 -89.4 -133.6 -104.7 -100.7 -133.6 -121.0 -142.4 -227.6 13
Last Update: January 9, 2026