The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - The administration estimates that this change would reduce state tax revenues by about $500  million over several years. LAO Comments Proposal Consistent With Previous Legislative Action. Assembly Bill  80 partially conformed state law with federal tax treatment of other federal pandemic ‑related economic relief programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

Tax Credit Expansions in the American Rescue Plan

Apr 13, 2021 - Child Tax Credit Under prior law, the CTC provided filers with income below $200,000 ($400,000 for joint filers) a credit of up to $2,000 for every dependent from ages 0 to 16, and up to $500 for dependents 17 and older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4410

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - In 2018, more than 75  p ercent of total income from S corporations and partnerships went to filers with more than $500, 000 o f income. Taxpayers with incomes over $500, 000 m ake up about 2  p ercent of all taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - From 2017  to 2021, around $500  million in credits ($275  million from Program  2.0) have been claimed against corporation taxes. Over the same time period, around $300  million in credits were claimed against the sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - As shown in the figure, likely between $500  million and $1  billion annually in UI payments went unpaid in recent years. (This figure does not account for workers who were eligible for UI but did not apply.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Across a variety of program areas, one ‑time spending includes nearly $ 500  m illion for infrastructure ‑related construction and maintenance. $1.6   Billion to Maintain the State ’s Discretionary Reserve Balance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135