At the same time that it was spending that record $521,769,000,000, the federal government brought in $237,698,000,000 in total tax revenue. That was the lowest October total tax revenue (in constant October 2020 dollars) in five years. The gap between the record federal spending in October and the reduced tax revenue resulted in a deficit of $284,071,000,000 for the first month of fiscal 2021. That is the second largest deficit the federal government has ever recorded in the first month of a fiscal year. The Department of Health and Human Services led all federal department and agencies in spending in October by spending $157,909,000,000.
