Treasury says federal payment checks screened $3.7 trillion in FY2026
The department says new verification controls returned about 13,500 payments totaling $175 million that would have gone to deceased people.
Event / data period: 2026
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The U.S. Treasury said its payment-verification process screened more than 1.1 billion federal payments worth about $3.7 trillion during fiscal 2026. Treasury reported that the checks identified and returned roughly 13,500 payments totaling $175 million that otherwise would have gone to deceased individuals.
The department also said access to its Do Not Pay data expanded to about 99% of federal programs, from about 4% at the end of fiscal 2025, and that it screened more than 2.3 billion records. Treasury says the new bank-account and taxpayer-ID checks became fully operational on September 30; the figures are agency-reported results, not an independent audit.
Data
Treasury FY2026 payment checks
Screening, access and returned-payment figures reported by Treasury on October 6.
- Value of federal payments screened
- ≈3.7 trillion USD
- 2026 · Observed
- Payments screened
- ≥1.1 billion payments
- 2026 · Observed
- Returned amount destined for deceased people
- 175 million USD
- 2026 · Observed
- Federal programs with Do Not Pay access
- ≈99 percent
- 2026-10-06 · Observed
Methodology
FY2026 results are transcribed from the release. Approximate values and lower bounds such as “more than 1.1 billion” are retained; these are agency-reported figures.
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