Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - State and federal tax laws typically require taxpayers to report forgiven loan amounts as income. However, the PPP and Health Care Enhancement Act excluded forgiven PPP loans from income for federal tax purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Amends Tax Collection Provisions. Requires all the cannabis excise taxes —including the excise taxes on cultivation and retail sales —to be remitted by the cannabis distributor. Clarifies that this tax collection will happen when the product enters the commercial market (after the product complies with quality assurance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/12

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2021 - This publication examines the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and prior-year reductions on trial court operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4362

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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3967

California revenues on track to be over $2 billion under administration target for April

Apr 25, 2012 - April is a key month for the state ’s personal income tax (PIT) and corporation tax (CT) collections. April collections of these taxes by the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) and the Employment Development Department (EDD) are nearing their conclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/588

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The General Fund view shows the user how the state spends its tax revenues over which the state has relative discretion, while the General Fund + Special Funds view arguably provides a more comprehensive look at total state spending in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/13

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Frequently asked questions concerning Facebook and California's General Fund

Aug 1, 2012 - Moreover, it takes many months for data concerning a tax year's payments to be processed by the state's tax agencies. At some point in the future, for these and other reasons, state revenue estimates likely will change to display Facebook-related revenues as simply "lumped in" with the state's other taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/618

Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Jul 20, 2020 - Students who receive the Cal Grant B Access Award also receive a supplemental award funded by the College Access Tax Credit (CATC). The 2020-21 Budget Act reduces the maximum supplemental award amount from $24 to $12 to reflect a decline in available revenues in the CATC Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/406

Preliminary April personal income tax collections of $13.02 billion (all funds)

Apr 30, 2013 - Preliminary April personal income tax collections of $13.02 billion (all funds) Preliminary April personal income tax collections of $13.02 billion (all funds) Program: This page provided updates during April 2013 concerning California personal income tax collections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/744