The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity

Mar 6, 2019 - Generally Reduced Tax Rates . . . The 2017 federal tax law reduced effective tax rates for many filers. (The effective tax rate is the total amount of tax divided by the taxpayer ’s gross income.) In particular, the law: Replaced the previous CT rate structure with a flat 21  p ercent tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3959

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Incentives and Support to Increase Housing Development Continues State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. The 2022-23 budget provides HCD additional state housing tax credits. In addition to the $100  million annually that the state makes available for housing tax credits, the budget makes available an additional $500  million one time for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

July 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Aug 19, 2019 - As has been the case throughout 2019, personal income tax (PIT) withholding continues to be strong, growing 5.5  percent compared to the same period last year. Similarly, corporation tax collections also continued to be strong, with estimated payments over 33 percent above the administration ’s projection.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/391

July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker: July 31 Update [EconTax Blog]

Jul 31, 2020 - July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker: July 31 Update [EconTax Blog] Brian Weatherford In a normal year, April and June are key months for state personal income tax and corporation tax collections, while July is relatively uneventful.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/511

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - For example, housing developments that are privately owned, r eceive no property tax exemption, and do not have more than 49  percent of housing units occupied by low-income residents, as defined, are exempt from Article 34.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker: July 24 Update [EconTax Blog]

Jul 24, 2020 - July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker: July 24 Update [EconTax Blog] Brian Weatherford In a normal year, April and June are key months for state personal income tax and corporation tax collections, while July is relatively uneventful.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/506

U.S. Retail Sales Update: February 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 16, 2022 - U.S. retail sales (seasonally adjusted) grew 0.3 percent from January to February. Retail sales have been elevated after growing dramatically in early 2021, but inflation has offset much of the past year’s apparent “growth.”
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/728

July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Jul 17, 2020 - July 2020 Tax Payments Tracker [EconTax Blog] Brian Weatherford In a normal year, April and June are key months for state personal income tax and corporation tax collections, while July is relatively uneventful.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/499

June 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Jul 10, 2019 - June 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Carolyn Chu June Collections Slightly Exceed  Estimates. Collections for the personal income tax (PIT), corporation tax, and sales tax were $350  million above the administration ’s May estimates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/384

New Inflation Poses Not So New Budget Risk

Dec 15, 2022 - This means that a portion of any inflation created by the tax rebate program will be exported to the rest of the U.S. Once dissipated across the nearly $26  trillion U.S. economy, California ’s $9.5  billion in tax refunds represent, at most, a trivial contribution to broader inflationary pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4653