--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Inflation description: Inflation | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Federal Agencies Adjusting Civil Penalty Levels for Inflation](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjusting-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Feb 06, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-john-guccione-wwwadvergroupcom-3531895.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjusting-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) Many laws provide for civil – and sometimes even criminal – penalties for noncompliance. New legislation typically sets penalty levels (“XXX dollars per day of violation” for example), at levels intended to provide meaningful deterrence and punishment for noncompliance. But over time, the relative sting of these penalties declines with inflation. To counteract the possibility that less painful penalties reduce incentives for compliance, most U.S. federal agencies are required to make annual “cost of living” adjustments to maximum available civil penalty levels (criminal penalties are not affected). [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjusting-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjusting-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation#comments-listing) Tags: [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [2020 US Presidential election](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/2020-us-presidential-election), [Inflation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/inflation), [CPI](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cpi), [Federal Agencies](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/federal-agencies), [Penalties](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/penalties), [GAO](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/gao) ## [Federal Agencies Adjust Civil Penalty Levels for Inflation](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjust-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, May 15, 2023 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-karolina-grabowska-5900228.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjust-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) Most regulatory laws provide for civil – and sometimes even criminal – penalties for noncompliance. New legislation typically sets penalty levels (“XXX dollars per day of violation” for example), at levels intended to provide meaningful deterrence and punishment for noncompliance. But over time, the relative sting of these penalties declines with inflation. To counteract the possibility that less painful penalties provide less effective incentives for compliance, U.S. law directs most federal agencies to make annual “cost of living” adjustments to maximum available civil penalty levels (there are no provisions for standing periodic adjustments to criminal penalties). [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjust-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/federal-agencies-adjust-civil-penalty-levels-for-inflation#comments-listing) Tags: [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Inflation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/inflation) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved