Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 27-May 1 [EconTax Blog]

May 1, 2020 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 27-May 1 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 27-May 1 May 1, 2020 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: Income tax withholding this week was nearly 30 percent below the comparable week last year, the steepest dropoff of any week since the pandemic started.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/460

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - Excess Property Tax Offset. The budget includes a $247.6  million one-time reduction in General Fund support for trial court operations in 2023-24 in order to reflect the availability of property tax revenue in accordance with Control Section 15.45 and Section 2578 of the Education Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 20-April 24 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 24, 2020 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 20-April 24 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: April 20-April 24 April 24, 2020 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: Weakness in income tax withholding continued this week, with collections experiencing a slightly steeper decline than they did during the comparable week of the Great Recession.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/458

Affordable housing bonds. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2022 - Communiti es pay for the cost of construction and borrowing through higher taxes, fares, and other charges that help service the debts. Property Taxes. The California Constitution limits property taxes to 1  percent of the value of property.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-040

A student’s right to a high-quality public education. [Ballot]

Dec 16, 2022 - About three-quarters of the total funding for K-12 education comes from an allotment of state General Fund and local property tax revenue that the Constitution requires to be set a side for public schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-007

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - The current MCO tax has been in place since January 2020 and is scheduled under current law to end in December 2022. We project the end of this tax will increase General Fund spending by $1.5 billion in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2022 - This brief provides our annual fiscal outlook for General Fund spending in Medi-Cal. It summarizes our projections, describes the major factors driving our projections, and highlights several uncertainties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4649

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Taxes Business Tax Reductions Lifts Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions. The Governor ’s budget proposes to end, one year early, temporary limits on the ability of businesses to use NOL deductions and tax credits to reduce their tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2017-18 Budget: Cap-and-Trade [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2017 - We also recommend the Legislature approve cap-and-trade (or carbon tax) with a two-thirds vote because it would provide greater legal certainty and ensure ARB has the ability to design an effective program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3553

The 2017-18 Budget: Cap-and-Trade

Feb 13, 2017 - Opportunities to Reduce Taxes. Auction revenue can be used to provide economic benefits. For example, in theory revenue could be used to reduce broad ‑based taxes (such as income or sales taxes), which could help reduce negative impact on economic activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3553