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Treasury Offset Program
This dataset is currently limited to data prior to 12/15/2022.The Fiscal Data team is working to resume the monthly update cadence. For more information about this data, please contact our team at fiscaldata@fiscal.treasury.gov for assistance.
Introduction
10/01/1999 — 11/01/2022Released MonthlyLast Updated 12/15/2022
This dataset is a summary of five different programs in which states, the District of Columbia (D.C.), and U.S. territories can apply offsets from federal payments towards delinquent debt. These programs are income tax, state reciprocal tax agreements, unemployment insurance, child support, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Dataset Properties
Data Table Name | Field Name | Display Name | Description | Data Type | Is Required |
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| Federal Collections | record_date | Record Date | The date that data was published. | DATE | 1 |
| Federal Collections | creditor_agency_nm | Creditor Agency Name | The name of the federal or state agency that refers delinquent debts to the Treasury Offset Program. An agency that requests the Fiscal Service's services in collecting its delinquent debt by inclusion in TOP for administrative offset. | STRING | 1 |
| Federal Collections | creditor_agency_id | Agency ID | The ID of the federal or state agency that refers delinquent debts to the Treasury Offset Program. An agency that requests the Fiscal Service's services in collecting its delinquent debt by inclusion in TOP for administrative offset. | STRING | 1 |
| Federal Collections | agency_type | Agency Site Type Code | Type of creditor agency, based on whether the agency is a Federal or state entity and based on the type of debt they refer to the Treasury Offset Program. | STRING | 1 |
| Federal Collections | agency_site | Agency Site ID | Identifying alpha/numeric field for the Federal or state agency participating in the Treasury Offset Program. Assigned by the U.S. Treasury. | STRING | 1 |
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Notes & Known Limitations
This dataset tracks Treasury Offset Program (TOP) collections and participation. With state programs, states and territories can participate in state income tax referrals (41 states and D.C. have state income tax), state reciprocal program, state unemployment insurance (UI) debts (tax withholding and UI overpayment), SNAP debts (with federal component) and child support collections (with federal component). Not all states participate in all programs. This is not tracked for the federal non-tax creditor agencies.
States participating in the State Reciprocal Program have their debts offset against federal payments for state income tax and unemployment insurance compensation debts. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service manages the federal aspects of the SNAP program and refers debts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for TOP. For the purposes of the TOP, SNAP debts are considered federal debts even though they are administered by states and territories.
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Endpoints
BASE URL:
https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/| Table Name | Endpoint |
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FULL URL:
https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/Fields
Refer to Dataset Properties above for a data dictionary with field names and descriptions, as well as notes and known limitations. known limitations.| Field Name | Display Name | Data Type | Data Table Name |
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Data Types
All data is returned as a string, including nulls. Refer to the chart above for the intended data type of each field.Parameters
Refer to Dataset Properties above for a data dictionary with field names and descriptions as well as notes and known limitationsFields
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- Parameter:
fields= - Definition: The fields parameter allows you to select which field(s) should be included in the response.
- Accepts: The
fields=parameter accepts a comma-separated list of field names (no parentheses). - Required: No, specifying fields is not required to make an API request.
- Default: If desired fields are not specified, all fields will be returned.
- Notes: When a field named passed to the
fields=parameter is not available for the endpoint accessed, an error will occur. Note that omitting fields can result in automatically aggregated and summed data results. For more information, view the full documentation on Aggregation and Sums.
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Our APIs accept the GET method, one of the most common HTTP methods.Example Request & Response
In this example, we are...
- Specifying the endpoint
- Requesting the JSON response format
- Sorting the data by
in descending order - Setting pagination parameters
EXAMPLE REQUEST
https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/undefined?sort=-undefined&format=json&page[number]=1&page[size]=1EXPECTED RESPONSE
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