For the second straight year, budget conferees are working to finalize a budget for July 1st while grappling with how best to adjust the fundamental tax revenue assumption used to balance the budget. This brief examines the challenges budget conferees and the Administration face and how these challenges differ from their experience finalizing the FY 2017 budget.
June 21, 2017
FY 2018
Closer Look at the FY 2018 Budget Challenge
For the second straight year, budget conferees are working to finalize a budget for July 1st while grappling with how best to adjust the fundamental tax revenue assumption used to balance the budget. This brief examines the challenges budget conferees and the Administration face and how these challenges differ from their experience finalizing the FY 2017 budget.