The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax Program administers a 12.5  percent tax on retail sales of e-cigarettes. This program is small and new, so this post focuses on the other two programs. Flavor Ban.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - This category covers subsectors such as electronics and semiconductors, aerospace, battery technology, and biotechnology. The prominence of advanced manufacturers among credit recipients is consistent with the intent of the program, since (1)  these types of facilities can locate in many parts of the United States, making tax incentives a potential deciding factor, and (2)  they
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - The California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax Program administers a 12.5  percent tax on retail sales of e ‑cigarettes. Flavor Ban. In a November 2022 referendum, voters approved Chapter  34 of 2020 (SB  793, Hill), which bans most sales of flavored tobacco products. ( “Flavored ” refers to non ‑tobacco flavors, such as menthol cigarettes or fruit ‑flavored e ‑cigarettes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Entities paying this tax are required to submit an electronic return and pay taxes quarterly, no later than the q uarter after the sales were made. As Chapter  231 went through the legislative policy process, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) preliminarily estimated that this new tax could generate $159  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - Latest Round Differed From Prior Periods More Businesses Applied for Credits in 2020. GO ‑Biz usually holds three application periods each fiscal year. California Competes received an average of 145 applications per period during the last two fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327