^[PDF] Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

During the career of employees in Social Security, both the employer and employee pay taxes on earnings. In 2017, both the employee and the state pay 6.2 percent of the employee’s pay. Payroll taxes are not applied to earnings above a wage limit—$127,200 in 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3616/savings-plus-031417.pdf

^[PDF] This is because prior-year taxes usually have

This is because prior-year taxes usually have been filed and associated revenues collected by April of any given year. Due to the state conforming to federal tax filing extensions, however, the Legislature only gained a complete picture of 2022-23 tax collections late in 2023—after the fiscal year already ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4840/Governors-Prop-98-Funding-Maneuver-021524.pdf

^[PDF] FAQ: Issue 5

.  Middle-income students at UC, CSU, and CCC who do not receive grants or waivers to cover their education fees may claim the federal American Opportunity or Lifetime Learning tax credits. – The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) allows stu- dents with family incomes up to $180,000 to subtract all or a portion of their educational expenses, up to $2,500, from their families’ tax liability.
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/higher_ed/FAQs/Higher_Education_Issue_05.pdf

Property Tax Allocation

Property Tax Allocation Property Tax AllocationSlide 14 of 30 Go to slide: 1: Cracks in the Local Fiscal Foundation 2: What is the Local Fiscal Foundation? 3: City Revenues 4: Largest Source of General Purpose Local Revenues 5: Property Tax 6: Sales Tax 7: Vehicle License Fee 8: Strengths of Local Fiscal Foundation 9: Three
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide14.html

What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide19.html

California’s Local Fiscal Foundation

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide21.html

Summary: Three Cracks in Fiscal Foundation

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide24.html

Fixing Cracks in Foundation

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide26.html

More Ideas . . .

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide29.html

Property Tax

Property Tax Property Tax Slide 5 of 30 Go to slide: 1: Cracks in the Local Fiscal Foundation 2: What is the Local Fiscal Foundation? 3: City Revenues 4: Largest Source of General Purpose Local Revenues 5: Property Tax 6: Sales Tax 7: Vehicle License Fee 8: Strengths of Local Fiscal Foundation 9: Three “Cracks” in the Foundation
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide5.html