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

Feb 28, 2025 - One notable outlier to this pattern is a report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, who cla im to find a small fiscal benefit associated with the film tax credit. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation estimates, however, very likely are overstated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [Publication Details]

Jun 24, 2025 - Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [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/5059

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis June 24, 2025 Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis Statutory Data Reporting Requirement. Chapter  837 of 2019 (SB  34, Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit [Publication Details] Description: This brief discusses California's film tax credit and assesses the Governor’s Budget proposal to raise the amount of tax credits available for the California Film Commission to allocate to $750 million starting in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5000

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

Mar 18, 2025 - For example, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the state-federal cash assistance program for low-income households, fully or partially subsidizes the wages of selected CalWORKs recip ients for six months to a year in some counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax [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/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax Background New Excise Tax on Firearms and Ammunition Created.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Film Tax Credit Diversity Requirements Film Tax Credit Created to Counteract Motion Picture Incentives in Other States. In 2009, the Legislature created a film tax credit to encourage motion picture and television productions to locate in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2025 - In this post, we provide information to support the Legislature’s oversight of the Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s (CDTFA’s) tobacco programs. In particular, we offer background information; comments on revenue trends, CDTFA’s enforcement activities, and the AB 3218 budget change proposal (BCP); and questions that budget subcommittees may wish to ask about these issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - CDTFA runs three tobacco-focused programs: The Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Program administers a $2.87 per pack tax on combustible cigarettes and a 53  percent tax (adjusted annually) on the wholesale cost of other tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966