The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - Still, in any given year, the amount of revenue the entity tax generates should exceed the amount of entity tax credits used by PIT filers. Entity Tax Will Sunset in 2026 if Not Sooner. As stated above, the entity tax will be in effect from calendar years 2021 to 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 3, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 November 3, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line:   California income tax withholding collections in October were 8.2 percent above October 2020, and collections to date in fiscal year 2021-22 are 20.2 percent above 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/710

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - Approved by voters in 2004, the MHSA places a 1  percent tax on personal income over $1  million and dedicates the associated revenues to mental health services. The vast majority ­ of MHSA revenues —at least 95   percent —goes directly to counties, ­ ­ ­ ­which use it to support a variety of services for individuals with or at risk of mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations Department of Public Health —Enforcement 6.0 California Department of Tax and Fee Administration —Enforcement 6.0 5.5 No Multiyear Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2019 - In this post, we review the administration’s reductions to certain allocations of Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue. In our view, the administration’s approach for 2019-20 is reasonable. However, the administration has not yet decided how these adjustments will be determined in 2020-21 and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3939

U.S. Retail Sales Update: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 16, 2021 - Despite a decline of 3 percent from January, February retail sales were 6.5 percent above February 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/634

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Our estimate of the total Proposition  98 spending on schools and community colleges in 2022 ‑23 is $106.7  billion ($78.6  billion from the General Fund and $28.1  billion from local property taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4646

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - Fiscal Effects New Tax Would Increase State Revenues by $500 Million to $1.5 Billion Annually for Ten Years. State revenues from the new tax likely would range from about $500 million to $1.5  billion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

U.S. Retail Sales Update: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 17, 2021 - U.S. retail sales grew 5.3% from December to January (seasonally adjusted)—the 4th-largest monthly increase since 1992.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/624

2021-22 “Big Three” Revenue Outlook Update: March 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 28, 2022 - We currently project that there is a very good chance that collections from the state ’s “big three ” taxes —personal income, sales, and corporation taxes —will exceed the Governor ’s Budget assumption of $185 billion in 2021-22 by at least several billion dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/729