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Debt Service: Ohio Government PaymentsGovernment payee

This payee is itself a government entity, public authority, or public fund, not a private vendor. Its payments appear here because they are on the Ohio state government ledger.

Debt Service is the 4th-largest recipient of Ohio state government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks first in PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS spending. Its payments amount to 100% of everything the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 38.1% year over year.

Primary spending category: PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS

$3,286,762,472total received
423payments
14agencies
Jan 3, 2022 – Jun 12, 2025first / last payment
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Payments by fiscal year

The payment history

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4 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.

Fiscal years may be partial; missing years are not zero spending. Negative columns reflect net refunds or corrections. Amounts share a linear scale.

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Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 12, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years

Showing 5 of 14 positive agencies in these records.

Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $3,286,762,471.64. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.

The relationships at a glance

Total shown
$3,038,641,878.88
Payments represented
311
Paying agencies shown
5
Largest share of supplier total
62.6%

Largest displayed relationship: Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. Select a flow to explore its details.

Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 12, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.

Receiving supplier

Debt Service

$3,038,641,879from the agencies shown

Debt Service
$3,038,641,879 from the agencies shown

  1. $2,056,808,38862.6% of supplier total
  2. $481,694,07114.7% of supplier total
  3. $238,595,3997.3% of supplier total
  4. $136,187,6074.1% of supplier total
  5. $125,356,4133.8% of supplier total

This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal yearAgencyPaymentsTotal
FY 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund29$445,231,981
FY 2025Department of Transportation10$157,911,059
FY 2025Department of Natural Resources3$54,076,849
FY 2025Department of Administrative Services33$49,497,585
FY 2025School Facilities Commission3$15,037,974
FY 2025Department of Youth Services3$14,627,687
FY 2025Secretary of State7$12,149,122
FY 2025Department of Rehabilitation and Correction2$7,447,500
FY 2025Attorney General8$4,343,956
FY 2025Ohio Administrative Knowledge System3$1,537,157
FY 2025Treasurer of State2$1,117,228
FY 2025Department of Developmental Disabilities1$440,031
FY 2025Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services1$440,031
FY 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund16$255,161,981
FY 2024Department of Transportation11$160,592,721
FY 2024Department of Administrative Services36$48,393,820
FY 2024Department of Natural Resources2$36,971,428
FY 2024School Facilities Commission3$15,125,000
FY 2024Secretary of State6$12,147,578
FY 2024Department of Rehabilitation and Correction3$9,057,785
FY 2024Department of Youth Services3$6,578,906
FY 2024Attorney General6$4,348,471
FY 2024Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services3$2,825,201
FY 2024Treasurer of State3$1,113,962
FY 2024Department of Developmental Disabilities1$577,702
FY 2024Ohio Administrative Knowledge System1$350,283
FY 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund45$793,660,435
FY 2023Department of Transportation16$149,441,229
FY 2023Department of Administrative Services36$113,705,293
FY 2023Department of Rehabilitation and Correction5$106,987,936
FY 2023School Facilities Commission5$28,687,241
FY 2023Department of Natural Resources5$15,465,177
FY 2023Department of Youth Services5$15,275,144
FY 2023Secretary of State6$12,115,249
FY 2023Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services4$8,513,773
FY 2023Department of Developmental Disabilities4$8,513,773
FY 2023Attorney General9$4,358,939
FY 2023Treasurer of State3$1,115,353
FY 2023Department of Agriculture1$9,224
FY 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund28$562,753,991
FY 2022Department of Administrative Services20$26,998,701
FY 2022Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services4$24,625,765
FY 2022Department of Developmental Disabilities4$24,625,765
FY 2022Department of Natural Resources3$18,842,959
FY 2022School Facilities Commission2$17,437,898
FY 2022Department of Transportation6$13,749,062
FY 2022Department of Rehabilitation and Correction2$12,694,386
FY 2022Department of Youth Services2$6,627,784
FY 2022Attorney General7$2,038,176
FY 2022Secretary of State1$1,338,475
FY 2022Treasurer of State1$77,746
Total423$3,286,762,472

What the payments were for

Spending categories exactly as Ohio state government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.

CategoryPaymentsTotalFirst / last
INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS195$850,725,353Jan 21, 2022 – Jun 12, 2025
Bond Sale Costs of Issuance81$3,492,497Jan 5, 2022 – May 6, 2025
PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS136$2,430,621,707Jan 21, 2022 – Jun 12, 2025
ARBITRAG REB PYMTS-OBM/PWC/DAS11$1,922,915Jan 3, 2022 – Feb 6, 2025

Largest payments by fiscal year

The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.

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FY 2025top 20 of 105 payments$763,858,159
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Aug 7, 2024Department of Transportation$72,695,232.71PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$70,060,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$70,060,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 29, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$49,457,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$45,120,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jun 12, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$45,100,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 7, 2024Department of Transportation$29,821,253.37PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Nov 25, 2024Department of Natural Resources$27,210,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 28, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$26,300,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 7, 2024Department of Transportation$21,204,796.96INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Jun 12, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,761,212.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,571,092.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Jul 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,011,080.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$18,915,600.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Jan 31, 2025Department of Natural Resources$16,580,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2025Department of Administrative Services$14,360,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2025Department of Transportation$14,320,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$13,625,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2024Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$13,190,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2025Department of Youth Services$13,020,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
FY 2024top 20 of 94 payments$553,244,839
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Sep 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$70,930,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Sep 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$70,930,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 8, 2023Department of Transportation$65,964,572.43PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 8, 2023Department of Transportation$31,603,976.84PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Nov 21, 2023Department of Natural Resources$25,880,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 8, 2023Department of Transportation$25,155,828.49INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,138,090.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,070,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$18,572,672.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2024Department of Transportation$13,635,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$13,625,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Sep 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$12,788,500.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Sep 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$12,788,500.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 30, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$12,565,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2024Department of Administrative Services$12,025,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2024School Facilities Commission$11,465,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Nov 21, 2023Department of Natural Resources$11,091,428.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Aug 8, 2023Department of Transportation$10,511,167.23PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2024Department of Administrative Services$9,181,975.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Mar 26, 2024Department of Rehabilitation and Correction$8,634,376.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
FY 2023top 20 of 144 payments$1,257,848,767
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Sep 21, 2022Department of Rehabilitation and Correction$84,100,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Sep 12, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$73,780,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Sep 12, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$73,780,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$68,407,504.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$68,407,504.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 10, 2022Department of Transportation$62,434,612.94PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 25, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$53,077,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jul 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$53,077,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Sep 19, 2022Department of Administrative Services$48,635,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$40,755,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$40,755,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$37,510,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Aug 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$33,316,652.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Aug 10, 2022Department of Transportation$32,148,699.29PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Oct 28, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$30,780,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 13, 2023Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$26,521,870.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Jul 26, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$26,250,676.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 28, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$21,326,334.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Oct 28, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,927,204.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Aug 10, 2022Department of Transportation$17,948,655.12INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
FY 2022top 20 of 80 payments$711,810,707
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jun 9, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$62,695,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 10, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$49,230,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$48,270,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$48,270,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$44,320,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Feb 24, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$32,607,242.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Mar 10, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$30,222,990.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Feb 24, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$28,055,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jan 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$26,560,614.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Feb 24, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$25,210,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jun 9, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$24,939,418.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$22,385,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$22,164,514.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Jan 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,765,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jan 21, 2022Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services$15,867,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Jan 21, 2022Department of Developmental Disabilities$15,867,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 25, 2022School Facilities Commission$12,490,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Mar 28, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$12,380,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$10,781,913.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–
Apr 27, 2022Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$10,781,913.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDS–

Recent payments

DateAgencyAmountCategoryMethod
Jun 12, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$20,761,212.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Jun 12, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$45,100,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
May 6, 2025Department of Administrative Services$1,375.00Bond Sale Costs of IssuanceEFT
May 6, 2025Department of Administrative Services$1,375.00Bond Sale Costs of IssuanceEFT
Apr 29, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$8,959,868.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Apr 29, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$49,457,500.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 28, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$57,081.68INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 28, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$4,830,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 28, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$1,674,850.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 28, 2025Commissioners of the Sinking Fund$26,300,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025School Facilities Commission$3,044,474.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Transportation$14,320,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Administrative Services$7,997,771.50INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Rehabilitation and Correction$7,247,500.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Transportation$3,263,750.00INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Youth Services$13,020,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Youth Services$1,542,687.13INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025School Facilities Commission$11,940,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 26, 2025Department of Administrative Services$14,360,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT
Mar 6, 2025Department of Administrative Services$2,500.00Bond Sale Costs of IssuanceEFT
Feb 18, 2025Secretary of State$797,692.56INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Feb 18, 2025Secretary of State$336,804.84INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Feb 14, 2025Department of Administrative Services$254,967.94INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Feb 14, 2025Department of Administrative Services$110,717.82INTEREST PAYMENTS ON BONDSEFT
Feb 14, 2025Department of Administrative Services$1,155,000.00PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL ON BONDSEFT

VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Ohio Checkbook (checkbook.ohio.gov): 24,768,843 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 26, 2025. How we verify this data