Washington, DC - US Treasury Sets New 1-Day Tax Receipt Record

Washington, DC - The U.S. government recorded a record-high overall and corporate tax receipts on Sept. 15, which was a quarterly deadline for tax payments, the Treasury said.

Total tax receipts were $85.8 billion on Friday, compared with the previous one-day record of $71 billion on Sept. 15 of last year, the Treasury said. "In fact, Friday's gross receipts were the largest in a single day in the nation's history - 20% higher than receipts on the same quarterly tax payment date last year," they said in a statement.