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The President’s FY2027 Budget

Budget & Tax, Budget Process, | Analysis

Apr 4, 2026 | Print Article

Each year, the President’s Budget Request shows the administration’s priorities for how it wants to spend taxpayer dollars in the year ahead. We take a close look at those plans to see what’s being proposed, what’s being left out, and what it means for taxpayers.

On this page, you’ll find our analysis of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. We break down key spending proposals, tax policies, and other budget priorities to explain how they affect federal spending and fiscal responsibility.

Our goal is to make the federal budget easier to understand and to give taxpayers the information they need to make sense of how their money is being used in Washington.

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TCS President Steve Ellis’ Statement on the Release of the FY2027 Budget

The president’s budget request, while still incomplete, promises to set us on a perilous fiscal path—marked by exploding deficits, ballooning interest payments, and taxpayer waste. Budgets reflect priorities, and many of the priorities described in this request are fundamentally misaligned with the interests of taxpayers and put the nation on an unsustainable course.

Read the Full Statement Here