1,000 percent sales tax on some political advertisements. [Ballot]

Dec 29, 2015 - In addition, executive branch entities and the courts would have to determine how exactly the $1  million tax exemption in the measure would work. Fiscal Effect Highly Uncertain. The amount of tax money the proposed sales tax would generate for public education is highly uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-106

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI taxes are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/3

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Through Savings Plus, employees can open a 401(k) and/or a 457(b) account and can choose to make contributions on a pre-tax or post-tax basis to these accounts. Employees can then choose from a variety of investment options, including indexed and m anaged funds and target-date funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - Since 2016 ‑17, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7  percent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. Under current law, the MCO tax is set to expire at the end of 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

2018-19 May Revision: Property Tax Estimates [EconTax Blog]

May 15, 2018 - 2018-19 May Revision: Property Tax Estimates [EconTax Blog] 2018-19 May Revision: Property Tax Estimates May 15, 2018 Local property taxes distributed to school and community college districts reduce the state ’s cost of meeting Proposition 98 school funding requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/284

California’s First Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2016 - California’s First Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details] California’s First Film Tax Credit Program Format: HTML Description: In this report, as required by law, we evaluate the economic effects and the administration of the first film tax credit program passed in 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3502

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Assume Statutorily Scheduled Expiration of Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax For a number of years, the state has imposed a tax on MCOs ’ Medi ‑Cal and commercial lines of business. The state ’s previous MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19 and, in 2019 ‑20, the Legislature reauthorized the MCO tax in similar but not identical form to the prior tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503

The Stock Market Downturn and California's Finances [EconTax Blog]

Aug 24, 2015 - The share of the General Fund supported by the sales tax and the corporation tax has declined over time. Sales taxes have grown less robustly over time  largely due to slow price growth for taxable (physical)  goods, as we described in a 2013 report .
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/124

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023‑24 budget package provides a total of $19.2 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, bond funds, a number of special funds, and federal funds—for programs administered by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and Environmental Protection Agency. This is a net decrease of $15.5 billion (45 percent) compared to 2022‑23 estimated levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807