Building Permits Update: September 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 1, 2018 - Permitting has been trending upward in San Joaquin County since the beginning of 2017. The county has issued an average of 175 permits per month since 2013. In 2017, an average of 215 per month were issued.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/314

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - Step Two: Sales Tax Growth to IHSS. One of the permanent changes made to 1991 r ealignment in the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act was to prioritize the use of any increases in sales tax revenue for IHSS costs. As a result, any year ‑over ‑year increase in sales tax revenue first is allocated to counties ’ IHSS costs (through the Social Services Subaccount).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Historically, these shifts—or realignments—aimed to benefit both the state and counties by providing greater local flexibility over services, allowing counties opportunities to innovate and improve program outcomes, and encouraging cost savings by requiring counties to share in program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3886

Use Tax on Remote Sales [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Use Tax on Remote Sales [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3887

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program

Oct 8, 2018 - If a homeowner is delinquent on his property taxes for five years, the county can sell his home through a “tax sale. ” Under a tax sale, the county lists a home for sale in the amount due in unpaid property taxes and fees at public auction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3885

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program [Publication Details]

Oct 8, 2018 - Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3885

September 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Oct 3, 2018 - As shown in the table below, the preliminary personal income tax (PIT), corporation tax, and sales tax collections are $272 million above the estimate for September. For the year, collections are running $979 million above the budget act estimates. 
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/311

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Indirect Cost Recovery Rate Limit for Self ‑Help Counties. When Caltrans performs work for a local government, it charges the local government for associated indirect costs, such as for accounting. The budget package includes trailer bill language to limit Caltrans to charging no more than 10  p ercent for administrative indirect cost recovery to self ‑help
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/10

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The budget includes up to $134. 4  m illion General Fund for the state to reimburse counties for costs counties incur to replace voting systems. Counties may seek reimbursement for costs to replace voting systems incurred after April 29, 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/12

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - This decrease is primarily due additional one ‑time fire ‑fighting costs provided in 2017 ‑18, particularly for the large fires that occurred in Sonoma and Napa Counties in October 2017 and in Ventura County in December 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9