Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - In 2023, bus ridership was 24  percent lower than in 2019, while rail ridership was 42  percent lower. As a result, the ZEB exemption —and more generally, financial assistance tied to buses —directs relatively little relief to the transit agencies hit hardest by pandemic-era declines in ridership.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - This equals $42 per worker each year. Federal law allows states to take on federal loans to keep making UI payments if their state trust fund runs out of reserves. To repay state loans, the federal tax rate paid by businesses in the state goes up incrementally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - There were nearly 1, 600 i nitial public offerings in the United States in 2020, a 42  p ercent increase over 2019. With the stock market at all ‑time highs, many other corporations raised capital by selling additional shares of stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327