Texas Comptroller's Office Releases Updated Transparency Tool

Understanding how state government collects and spends tax dollars shouldn’t be difficult, and now it has become even easier!

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is pleased to announce the release of its updated State Revenue and Expenditure tool. This new, powerful visualization tool gives users an unprecedented look into state government finance and allows them to download state financial data for further analysis. Tabular data, charts and graphs help taxpayers, researchers and policymakers search and understand vast government data with new perspectives. The tool provides different viewing options like these:

• Revenues – Explore 25 state revenue categories and see how funds are allocated through associated Comptroller objects, agencies and appropriations.
• Expenditures – Select and compare 18 different state expenditure categories to see how the state allocates money sources to best serve its citizens.
• Payments to Payee – Review individual payments, transaction dates, Comptroller object codes and more.
• Travel Payments – Break down payments by agency, individual payee, type of travel expense and more.
• Economic Development – Look at statewide economic development spending by fund, expenditure category and recipient.

This new tool consolidates and replaces the Where the Money Goes/Where the Money Comes From tools.

If you have questions about the tool, please call us at 844-519-5676 or email us at transparency@cpa.texas.gov.

Thank you,

Texas Comptroller’s Transparency Team