CBO: Fiscal Cliff Deal Costs $4 Trillion

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The Congressional Budget Office has issued its score (PDF) on the Senate-passed fiscal cliff agreement.

The net effect of the tax and budgetary provisions will be to increase the deficit by $3.97 trillion between 2013 and 2022 relative to current law, CBO found.

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