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The full cost of the Phoenix Pay System failure still isn’t known but figures are creeping towards $3 billion.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, taxpayers have already been hit with a bill for $2.6 billion over the failed pay system for federal employees. But that figure doesn’t include compensation for employees who were left shortchanged on their paycheque and the Treasury Board isn’t sure what the final number will be.

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“Funding for Phoenix compensation has not yet been included in an appropriation,” Martin Potvin, spokesperson for the Treasury Board, said, according to Blacklock’s. “The cost of the Phoenix damages will depend on how many claims are made, and the amount of each claim.”

The Phoenix software program was considered an upgrade to the payroll services for federal employees when it was launched in 2016. It streamlined 46 separate federal payroll departments dating back to the 1970s and was supposed to save taxpayers $70 million per year.