Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule

Feb 27, 2023 - Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule Background Some Taxpayers Make Estimated Tax Payments Throughout the Year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4722

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Figure 7 models anticipated revenue trends for the three key fuel taxes that support state transportation programs—the gasoline excise tax, the diesel excise tax, and the diesel sales tax. As shown, revenues from all three taxes experience declines under the Scoping Plan Scenario, which is the state’s intended pathway.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

How Does Tech Company Equity Pay Affect Income Tax Withholding? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2023 - State income tax withholding at Nvidia more than doubled over the same period. What Effect Has Boost in Equity Withholding Had on State Tax Receipts This Year? Income tax withholding receipts for 2022-23 were about 3 percent lower than a year before.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/789

How Does Tech Company Equity Pay Affect Income Tax Withholding? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2023 - State income tax withholding at Nvidia more than doubled over the same period. What Effect Has Boost in Equity Withholding Had on State Tax Receipts This Year? Income tax withholding receipts for 2022-23 were about 3 percent lower than a year before.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/789

U.S. Retail Sales Update: October 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 15, 2023 - U.S. retail sales have grown 1.5 percent over the last 3 months and 2.5 percent over the last 12 months. Retail sales growth has outpaced inflation over the last 3 months, but not over the last 12 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/788

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Proposition 64 created two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax. Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/790

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Proposition 64 created two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax. Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/790

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - A few of these solutions are in Medi-Cal, including a renewed tax on health insurance plans (described below). Budget Also Renewed the MCO Tax. The 2023-24 budget package renews a state tax on enrollment in health insurance plans known as the MCO tax, with the tax extending through the end of December 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - The figure below shows two measures of investments promised by California Competes tax credit recipients (1) capital investments per $1 of tax credit and (2) new jobs per $100,000 of tax credit (adjusted for inflation).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Cannabis-Related Taxes. Adult use cannabis is subject to state and local sales taxes. Both adult use and medicinal cannabis are subject to a 15 percent state excise tax, which generated over half a billion dollars in revenue in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032