The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

May 14, 2018 - The cost of the expansion will depend on various factors, including awareness of the credit, the “take-up ” rate —that is, the share of eligible individuals who file a tax return claiming the credit —for each group, and filers ’ income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3835

The 2018-19 Budget: California Earned Income Tax Credit Education and Outreach

May 8, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: California Earned Income Tax Credit Education and Outreach The 2018-19 Budget California Earned Income Tax Credit Education and Outreach After California adopted a state earned income tax credit (EITC) in 2015, fewer than half the number of individuals claimed the credit than the administration initially projected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3826

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

Mar 6, 2019 - Figure 5 Benefits May Decline as Minimum Wage Rises Full Year Earnings Based on 50 Weeks Minimum Wage a , $/hr Full Year Earnings at Minimum Wage: EITC Benefit:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3960

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Tax Changes

Oct 5, 2020 - Earned Income Tax Credit Expands Eligibility for California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The California EITC is a personal income tax credit that is intended to reduce poverty by increasing the after-tax income of California ’s poorest working households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4270

Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule

Feb 27, 2023 - (While there are penalties for underpaying estimated taxes, taxpayers with uneven income timing can avoid or minimize penalties if they make full estimated payments when they earn the income.) Figure  2 shows the share of estimated personal income tax liability paid in the first half of the year before and after the timing changes made in 2008 and 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4722

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - These include: lower rates of violent crime, better performance on some school metrics, stronger social networks, higher shares of middle–income households, and larger shares of two–parent households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - , we assume the following: A single adult without children shares a two-bedroom apartment with another adult. Single parents with one, two, or three children live in one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or three-bedroom apartments, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - Motion Picture Industry Workers Earn Above Average Wages. In 2023, workers in California ’s motion picture industry earned a weekly wage of over $2,700 on average, 60  percent higher than the average weekly wage in California across all industries ($1,730).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Employers pay UI taxes on the first $7,000 of each worker ’s earnings, but the vast majority of workers earn more than $7,000  in each job annually. As a result, employers pay the same amount in UI taxes on behalf of basically every employee in the state, regardless of how much that employee earns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Overall, most programs increase employment and earnings among participants while receiving a subsidy. However, the ultimate goal is to improve long-term employment prospects of these workers. Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018