Politics | TARP Final Bailout Tab: $29B Bank bailout is highlight of latest accounting By Polly Davis Doig Posted Oct 6, 2010 7:52 AM CDT Copied FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on AIG. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file) So it's not exactly zero, but the $388 billion the feds dumped into bailouts is going to end up with a final price tag of ... $29 billion, reports the New York Times. Most of Treasury's losses are focused in housing rescues ($46 billion) and the Detroit bailout ($17 billion), while other segments of TARP actually reaped profits—like the $22 billion feds expect to pocket when they sell their stake in AIG. The much-maligned bank bailout was in fact the highlight of the Treasury report: Some 80% of loans made are back in federal coffers. Overall, $204 billion has been repaid—just over half of what was doled out. Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. Report an error