COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - To relieve state budgetary pressure caused by COVID-19 ’s likely impacts on state Medicaid expenditures and tax revenues, Congress approved a temporary 6.2  percentage point increase in the federal government ’s share of cost for state Medicaid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Currently, nursing home care is a managed care benefit in more than half of counties, but a fee ‑for ‑service benefit in the remaining counties. Longer ‑Term Vision for MLTSS. The administration proposes to transition from CCI to standardized mandatory enrollment of dual eligibles into managed care by January 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2019 - This web post provides detail on our projections and assumptions related to General Fund spending in Medi-Cal for the years 2019-20 through 2023-24. In the near term, we project Medi-Cal spending to grow to $23.5 billion in 2020-21. Over the long term, we project General Fund spending in Medi-Cal to grow to up to $27.6 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4116

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Aug 31, 2021 - This reduction is more than offset by (1) approximately $1.4 billion in one-time funding for various infrastructure improvements and (2) baseline increases in state pension costs and debt service on school facility bonds. c Includes revenue from property taxes collected in excess of the Local Control Funding Formula allotments, parcel taxes, fees, and local
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/545

The 2020-21 Budget: Taxation of E-Cigarettes

Feb 24, 2020 - How Would the Tax Rate Affect Compliance With the Tax? In general, we would expect higher tax rates to reduce tax compliance more than lower rates. For example, a higher tax rate would give consumers a stronger incentive to avoid the tax by purchasing e ‑cigarettes from out ‑of ‑state over the Internet.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4171

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - The state ’s first stimulus program also provided an extra $600 payment to low-income undocumented workers who pay taxes using an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). ITINs are used by about half of the state ’s undocumented workers to pay taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - UI Program Is Financed With Payroll Taxes Paid by Employers. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature also could consider funding emergency management planning grants for districts and county offices of education (COEs) —specifically those that face the greatest risk and/or might have less capacity to prepare and respond to climate threats without state assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 16 - November 20 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 20, 2020 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 16 - November 20 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 16 - November 20 November 20, 2020 Brian Uhler Bottom Line:   California income tax withholding collections this week were 1 percent above the comparable week in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/584

How Long Do Firms Take from Founding to IPO? [EconTax Blog]

Aug 18, 2021 - These shares generate revenue for the state in two ways: (1) when received, they are recognized as ‘supplemental wages ’ for tax purposes, which the firm is required to pay withholding on, and (2) when sold, the employee owes income tax on the capital gain if the stock ’s selling price is higher than the price when the employee first received it.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/685