The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - Include an Unclaimed Property Question on Businesses’ Tax Forms Most California businesses file income tax returns with the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) each year. Under one option, the Legislature could amend tax law to require businesses to respond to a question about unclaimed property as part of their tax filings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978

February 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2019 - February 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Carolyn Chu February Revenues Roughly on Track. Overall, February collections for the state ’s three largest sources of revenue —the personal income tax (PIT), sales tax, and corporation tax —were $117 million ahead of the administration ’s January projections.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Today, counties receive about $6. 5  b illion (over $ 3  b illion from sales tax, $ 2  b illion from VLF, and about $ 1  b illion transferred from another realignment for mental health) through 1991 r ealignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity

Mar 6, 2019 - Generally Reduced Tax Rates . . . The 2017 federal tax law reduced effective tax rates for many filers. (The effective tax rate is the total amount of tax divided by the taxpayer ’s gross income.) In particular, the law: Replaced the previous CT rate structure with a flat 21  p ercent tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3959

The Property Tax Postponement Program [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2019 - 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.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

Mar 6, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion 192 EITC = Earned Income Tax Credit. .  .  . Recent Changes to EITC Likely to Increase Use Further. The Legislature expanded the state EITC for tax year 2018 i n two ways.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2019 - Generally, the federal tax changes reduced tax rates and broadened the tax base (what is subject to tax). Because the state’s income tax laws closely refer to large portions of federal law, many of those changes created new differences between federal and state taxes.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Format: HTML Description: The state adopted an EITC in 2015 and expanded it in 2017 and 2018.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2019 - In this report, we evaluate three Governor's budget proposals related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs.
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