1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: 1962 adjust Stores... United States currency (unissued currency).. 1961 ments 1962 1963 1964 Unpaid undelivered orders.. 60 63 63 63 Total selected resources- - - - 2 Reimbursements from non-Federal sources are funds received for services rend5,894 -5 5,406 4,171 3.324 ered in connection with Federal Reserve currency (31 U.S.C. 157). This office (a) receives, keeps and disburses the moneys of the United States; (b) processes claims for the proceeds of Government checks; (c) receives, stores, issues, transfers, and retires currency; (d) issues and redeems Government securities; (e) maintains fiscal accounts; and (f) prepares financial statements and reports. 1. Payment and reconciliation of checks.-This consists of maintaining checking accounts of Government disbursing officers and Government-owned corporations; processing documents crediting Government disbursing accounts; performing centralized payment function of all checks drawn claimed and checks issued as reported by disbursing officers with the deposits credited and checks paid by the Treasurer and determining the outstanding checks in each disbursing account. Including the checks paid by this activity on a reimbursable basis, approximately 449 million checks were paid and reconciled in 1962 by the Treasurer in Washington through the use of electronic equipment. Based on estimates furnished by the various Government agencies, a check volume of 466 million is expected in 1963 and 482 million in 1964. In June 1962 the electronic installation used in paying and reconciling checks was used to process the first of the money orders for the Post Office Department. This service is being performed on a reimbursable basis. The program is scheduled to become fully operative by the fourth quarter of 1963. It is currently estimated 132 million money orders will be processed in 1963 and 244 million in 1964. 2. Processing check claims.-This consists of the processing of all claims for proceeds of Government checks, including the allowance or disallowance of claims against. the United States and enforcing of claims of the United States against banks, endorsers, principals and sureties or other parties having liability due to the fraudulent or otherwise improper negotiation of checks. WORK VOLUME 22 Transportation of things.. 453 23 1964 estimate Rent, communications, and utilities. 921 24 Printing and reproduction... 45 Purchase of U.S. currency. 9,456 178,086 221,349 223,400 232,300 25 Other services.. 53 Services of Federal Reserve banks.. 276 26 Supplies and materials.. 106 31 UNIT COSTS Equipment............. 76 $8.69 3.94 16,450 16,800 3.69 Reimbursable obligations: 1.06 11 Personnel compensation.. 3. General banking services.-General banking services are provided for Government accountable officers and for banks in the District of Columbia. 12 Personnel benefits... 21 Travel and transportation of persons. 1 22 Transportation of things.. 23 Rent, communications, and utilities. 38 24 Printing and reproduction.. 6 WORKLOAD OF MEASURABLE OPERATIONS 10 25 Other services.. 60 [In thousands] 26 Supplies and materials. 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate 31 Equipment........... 10 4. Retirement of currency.-U.S. currency unfit for further circulation is verified and destroyed by the Federal Reserve Banks on a reimbursable basis. Unfit currency received from local sources as well as all mutilated currency is processed for retirement in Washington. The pieces of currency to be destroyed are estimated to be 1.1 billion in 1963 and in 1964, an increase of approximately 5% over 1962. 5. Maintenance of Treasurer's accounts.-Controlling accounts covering receipts and disbursements are maintained for all funds placed in the custody of the Treasurer, and reports are prepared, including the Daily Statement of the United States Treasury and a monthly statement of money held in the Treasury and paper currency in circulation. 6. Payment and custody of securities.-This consists of payment of principal and interest on public debt obligations, including those of Government corporations, and provision of safekeeping facilities for securities, trust funds and savings bonds. 7. Procurement and transportation of U.S. currency.All U.S. paper currency is procured by the Treasurer from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on a reimbursable basis. The Treasurer is also charged with the cost of transportation of this new currency to the Federal Reserve Banks and depositaries. FACTORS DETERMINING REQUIREMENTS Total reimbursable obligations.... Total obligations... Total number of permanent positions. OFFICE OF THE TREASURER-Continued BUREAU OF CUSTOMS Public enterprise funds-Continued PAYMENT TO CHECK FORGERY INSURANCE FUND-Continued General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Customs, including purchase of [sixty] seventy-five passenger motor vehicles (of which [fifty] sixty shall be for replacement only) including [fifty] sixtyfive for police-type use which may exceed by $300 each the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and awards of compensation to informers as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1953 (22 U.S.C. 401); [$64,775,000 $76,100,000. (5 U.S.C. 118, 118a, 281a; 19 U.S.C. 68, 1524, 1619, 1701; 31 U.S.C. 529b, 530; 46 U.S.C. 1-1334; Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1963.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) The unobligated balance of $300 thousand is a special fund available to this account when necessary to help pay the expenses of reimbursable customs work pending the collection of receivables from private interests. A supplemental appropriation for 1963 is anticipated for separate transmittal. 1. Assessment and collection of duties, taxes, and fees.The collectors of customs assess and collect the duties and taxes on imported merchandise, inspect international traffic, combat smuggling, perform certain marine activities relating to ownership and documentation of vessels of the United States and the movement of vessels in the foreign trade, and enforce the laws of other Government agencies affecting imports and exports. SELECTED WORKLOAD DATA SALARIES AND EXPENSES Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 3. Investigations of violations of customs and related laws and regulations. The customs agents in the United States and abroad make investigations in the enforcement of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Narcotics Drug Act of 1934, the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, the Export Control Act, and other laws affecting the movement of merchandise into and out of the United States. They also secure market value information for customs appraisers. In 1962, a total of 20,356 investigations were made. The estimates for 1963 and 1964 are 21,100 and 23,350, respectively. 4. Audit of collection and merchandise accounts. The comptrollers of customs examine and certify collectors' accounts of receipts and disbursements of money and receipts and disposition of merchandise, and verify collectors' final assessments of duties and taxes, as well as allowances of drawback. Under existing legislation, 1963.- A supplemental appropriation is anticipated to meet the cost of wage board salary increases and the cost of initiating the screening of Communist political propaganda (Public Law 87-793). Intragovernmental funds: ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Program by activities: 1. Assessment and collection of duties, taxes and fees.. 2. Appraisal of imported merchandise. 3. Investigations of violations of customs and related laws and regulations.. 4. Analysis and identification of merchandise for tariff purposes. - - Total selected resources_---- -44,993 -43,736 -43,736 -43,736 The purpose of the Internal Revenue Service is to provide effective and just administration of the tax laws of the United States. The Service, as the principal revenue collecting agency of the Federal Government, collected $99.4 billion in 1962, an increase of $5 billion over 1961. The number of tax returns filed has reached a new record of 96.4 million. To cope with this increased workload, and the further annual increases expected, and at the same time raise the level of enforcement and voluntary public compliance, the Service is committed to a long-range plan, first begun in 1961. The 1964 recommendation provides funds to continue the increase in enforcement personnel and to continue the conversion to an integrated automatic data processing system. The recommendation includes provision for expenses that will be incurred by the Service's effort to raise voluntary taxpayer compliance through increasing taxpayer education and assistance. It includes the cost of instituting a Taxpayer Compliance Measurement system to identify the size and causes of various kinds of non-compliance, so that the Service can better |