Introduction
The FY 2025 Financial Report provides the President, Congress, and the American people with a comprehensive view of the federal government’s financial position and condition; and discusses important financial issues and significant conditions that may affect future operations, including the need to achieve fiscal sustainability over the long-term.
Pursuant to 31 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 331(e)(1), Treasury, in cooperation with OMB, must submit an audited (by GAO) financial statement for the preceding fiscal year, covering all accounts and associated activities of the executive branch of the U.S. government1 to the President and Congress no later than six months after the September 30 fiscal year-end.
The Financial Report is prepared from the financial information provided by 167 federal consolidation entities (see organizational chart on the next page and Appendix A). As it has for the past 28 years, GAO issued a disclaimer of opinion on the accrual-based, consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2025, and 2024. GAO also issued a disclaimer of opinion on the sustainability financial statements, which consist of the 2025 and 2024 SLTFP; the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 SOSI; and the 2025 and 2024 Statements of Changes in Social Insurance Amounts (SCSIA). A disclaimer of opinion indicates that sufficient information was not available for the auditors to determine whether the reported financial statements were fairly presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). In FY 2025, 302 of the 38 most significant entities earned unmodified (“clean”) opinions on their financial statements.
The FY 2025 Financial Report consists of:
- MD&A, which provides management’s perspectives on and analysis of information presented in the Financial Report, such as financial and performance trends;
- Financial statements and the related notes to the financial statements;
- RSI and Other Information; and
- GAO’s audit report.
This Financial Report addresses the government’s financial activity and results as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2025, and 2024. Note 29—Subsequent Events discusses events that occurred after the end of the fiscal year that may affect the government’s financial position and condition.
In addition, the Executive Summary to this Financial Report provides a quick reference to the key results and issues presented in the Financial Report and an overview of the government's financial position and condition.
Mission & Organization
The government’s fundamental mission is derived from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution: “…to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The government’s functions have evolved over time to include health care, income security, veterans’ benefits and services, housing and transportation, security, and education. Exhibit 1 provides an overview of how the U.S. government is organized.
Footnotes
1 The Government Management Reform Act of 1994 has required such reporting, covering the executive branch of the government, beginning with financial statements prepared for FY 1997. The consolidated financial statements include the legislative and judicial branches. (Back to Content)
2 The 30 entities include HHS, which received disclaimers of opinion on its 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 SOSI and on its 2025 and 2024 SCSIA. (Back to Content)