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County Economies: California Arguably Doing Better Than Recent Report Suggests January 26, 2016

We discuss a recent National Association of Counties report on county economies.

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Dec. 2015 Jobs Report: Continuing Job Growth January 22, 2016

The Employment Development Department (EDD) has released December 2015 preliminary jobs data for California.

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Four Factors Affecting Cities' Property Tax Revenues January 13, 2016

This post, the fourth in our property tax series, discusses the primary factors affecting a city government's proportion of the total property taxes collected within its boundaries.

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LAO Comment: Governor's Revenue Projections January 7, 2016

We provide a comment on the key tax revenue projections in the Governor's initial 2016-17 state budget proposal, which was released on January 7, 2016.

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Preliminary: Dec. 2015 Income Taxes Above Projections January 6, 2016

We have received preliminary data from tax agencies concerning California's state income tax collections in December 2015.

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Differences in Property Tax Revenue for Counties, Cities & Special Districts January 6, 2016

We examine the revenue from California's 1 percent property tax that is available for a subset of local governments.

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3Q2015 State Personal Income January 5, 2016

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released estimates of state personal income through the third quarter of 2015 on December 21, 2015.

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State Tax Agency Wins Major Corporate Tax Case January 4, 2016

On December 31, 2015, the California Supreme Court generally ruled in favor of the state's Franchise Tax Board in a major corporate tax case known as Gillette Company et al., v. Franchise Tax Board.

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Handout: Cigarette Taxes & Smoking Behavior December 18, 2015

We presented testimony to the Legislature's special session committees considering health care financing issues.

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November 2015 Jobs Report December 18, 2015

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and California's Employment Development Department have released preliminary November 2015 jobs data for the state.

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Local Governments' Services & Their Property Tax Revenue December 16, 2015

We discuss the distribution of property taxes to the various types of California local governments.

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Cap-and-Trade: November Auction Results December 11, 2015

We discuss recent data concerning November cap-and-trade auction results.

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Fiscal Outlook: Personal Income vs. Income Tax Projections December 11, 2015

We discuss the distinctions between our personal income and personal income tax projections.

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November 2015 Revenues: Sales Taxes Fall Short December 10, 2015

Preliminary tax agency data on November 2015 revenue collections has been received.

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Understanding Your Property Tax Bill December 9, 2015

What are the different charges on a California property tax bill?