The Department of Finance's Finance Bulletin, today's version of which includes November 2014 revenue data, is the key report on state revenues each month.
The state government and local governments, respectively, rely on different tax revenue sources.
Using various provisions of state tax law, such as tax credits, corporations may reduce their tax liability. These tax law provisions have led to corporations' effective state tax rate falling in recent years.
Over the past several decades, the personal income tax has replaced the sales tax as the main source of the state's General Fund revenue.
Most months, we will provide updates on California state tax revenue collections. These updates will come in several waves as information becomes available. In this post, we discuss November 2014 personal and corporate income tax collections.