Evaluation of a Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Manufacturers

Dec 11, 2018 - After the Legislature passed Chapter   10 o f 2010 (S B  71 , Padilla), CAEATFA hired Blue Sky Consulting to help CAEATFA implement the new law. In particular, Blue Sky —in consultation with CAEATFA and others —developed the scoring system that the authority has used to evaluate applicants for the exemption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3907

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Therefore, any measure that requires statistics on the prices of a small set of goods in metropolitan areas —which includes options A, B, and C —may be at higher risk to future BLS publication changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Chapter  114 of 2021 (S B  144 , Portantino) required our office to issue a report summarizing the workforce diversity information collected by the California Film Commission (CFC) and evaluate the effectiveness of the tax credit for increasing diversity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves. This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - Effect of A B   1054 o n State ’s Cash Balances. Similar to S B  84 , A B  1054 affects the state ’s cash position by lowering internal borrowable resources relative to what they would have been otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - We estimate that revenue losses, in inflation ‑adjusted terms, totaled roughly $ 40  b illion in the 1990s (averaging $ 8  b illion per year across five years), $ 80  b illion in the early 2000s ($ 26  b illion per year across three years), and about $ 115  b illion during and after the Great Recession ($ 30  b illion per year across four years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The 2018-19 Budget: California’s New Tax Departments

Apr 4, 2018 - In September 2017, the Governor signed A B  131 , which further clarified some of the changes made by A B  102 . Tax Administration CDTFA. Under the new laws, CDTFA administers most of the tax and fee programs formerly administered by BOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3796

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - Chapter  39 of 2020 (A B  1577 , Burke) and Chapter  17 of 2021 (A B  80 , Burke) partially conformed state tax laws to the federal treatment of forgiven PPP loans and EIDL advance grants. Taxpayers that are publicly traded companies or did not have at least a 25  percent reduction in gross receipts are excluded from this provision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

The 2022-23 Budget: Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions

Jan 26, 2022 - In  anticipation of a $54  billion budget problem, Chapter  8 of 2020 (A B  85 , Committee on Budget) limited the use of net operating loss deductions and business credits for 2020, 2021, and 2022 to temporarily increase tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4500

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jul 1, 2021 - Chapter   837 o f 2019 (S B  34 , Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis. The law directs our office to submit an annual report containing dat a on three outcomes related to the exemptions: the number of medicinal cannabis patients served, the amount of medicinal cannabis products donated, and the amount of tax revenue lost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4447