The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - Tiered Ad Valorem Also Good for Administration and Compliance. A tiered ad valorem tax would be somewhat more complicated to administer than a basic ad valorem tax. However, as long as the number of rates were relatively small, a tiered ad valorem tax should not be overly difficult to administer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125

Volatility of California’s Personal Income Tax Structure

Sep 28, 2017 - In our previous report , we calculated the AD of personal income to be 2.3. To determine the causes of PIT volatility, we first estimate the AD of the overall PIT and compare it to the AD of personal income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3703

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Note: Excludes spending on  K ‑14  education, reserves, and debt (required by the California Constitution), and added costs to maintain existing policies. Figure also excludes some smaller spending proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Comparing Taxes on Cannabis to Taxes on Other Products in California

Dec 17, 2019 - Ad Valorem Taxes. California ’s state tax on non-cigarette tobacco products —including e-cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco —is a percentage of the wholesale price of these products. Such price-based taxes are called ad valorem taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4123

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - As Figure  10 shows with some illustrative numbers, this employment tax raises the cost of adding a new employee to a business and that cost is proportionately higher for a low wage worker than a high wage worker.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - This added complexity could create increased administrative burdens for builders, lenders, and government agencies tasked with funding affordable housing. Added complexity also could open the possibility of unintended consequences or misuse of funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

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

Jan 13, 2020 - There are several signals that the economy may be cooling. For example, housing markets have been stagnant, job growth is down, and trade activity is slowing. This does not necessarily mean a broader economic slowdown is imminent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - A measure of the year ‑to ‑year volatility of income and taxes: “average deviation ” (AD). The AD of major elements of California ’s PIT base, such as wages and capital gains. This will help illustrate what drives the volatility of the tax base.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - In addition to the added requirements of Program 2.0, production companies must have a written policy against sexual harassment and provide a summary of programs to increase workplace diversity. a Only $230 million was available in the first year of Program 2.0 because it was concurrent with the first credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713