Card Spending Update: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 12, 2021 - To do this, we use an index—a weighted average of different spending categories—designed to track movements in California’s sales tax base. In this post, we update the index to include January data and to incorporate data revisions for earlier months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/623

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: September 1 - September 24 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 24, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: September 1 - September 24 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: September 1 - September 24 September 24, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: California income tax withholding collections in September to date are 23.5 percent above September 2020, and collections to date in fiscal year 2021-22 are 22.5 percent above 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/702

The extraction and recovery of oil and gas, as well as fossil fuel consumption. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - Likely decrease in state tax and fee revenues over time that could reach several hundred million dollars annually, primarily from reduced state income tax and sales tax paid by oil and gas extraction businesses, their employees, and others with jobs induced by the oil and gas industry.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-028

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Jun 2, 2021 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. The state levies two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/661

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: August 1 - August 27 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 7, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: August 1 - August 27 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: August 1 - August 27 September 7, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: California income tax withholding collections in August through the 27th were 19.7 percent above August 2020, and collections to date in fiscal year 2021-22 were 20.2 percent above 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/692

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment

Feb 15, 2023 - The state could reform th e underlying tax structure to make it less volatile, which nearly certainly would involve reducing tax rates for higher ‑income earners. Or, the state could address volatility by building reserves —funds that can be saved during upswings and spent during downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4687

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - State Low Income Housing Tax Credits Background State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The state Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program provides tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - The current MCO tax has been in place since January 2020 and is scheduled under current law to end in December 2022. We project the end of this tax will increase General Fund spending by $1.5 billion in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

U.S. Retail Sales Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 15, 2021 - U.S. retail sales declined by 0.7% from November to December, but sales for the full year were 0.4% higher than 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/611

Card Spending Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 14, 2021 - To do this, we use an index—a weighted average of different spending categories—designed to track movements in California’s sales tax base. In this post, we update the index to include December data and to incorporate data revisions for earlier months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/610