The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit [Publication Details] Description: This brief discusses California's film tax credit and assesses the Governor’s Budget proposal to raise the amount of tax credits available for the California Film Commission to allocate to $750 million starting in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5000

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - CFC reporting shows total expenditures associated with projects receiving a tax credit have averaged about $2.5  billion per year over the three most recent fiscal years. Relative to the gross domestic product of California ’s motion picture industry in 2023 of $54.4  billion, this represents a little under 5  percent of the sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

The 2020-21 Budget: Expanding the Minimum Franchise Tax Exemption

Mar 23, 2020 - In our 2019 post on evaluating tax expenditures, we explain that periodically reviewing tax expenditures is important because, like direct state expenditures, they have budgetary costs. Such reviews can help policymakers assess whether a tax expenditure is effective and merits continued financial support from the taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4207

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5094

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel November 19, 2025 Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel Statutory Data Reporting Requirement. Chapter  442 of 2023 (AB  543, Gipson) extended a longstanding sales tax exemption for certain purchases of bunker fuel, also known as maritime fuel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

Tax Expenditure Reviews [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2007 - Tax Expenditure Reviews [Publication Details] HTML Description: Tax expenditure programs (TEPs) are features of the tax code—including credits, deductions, exclusions, and exemptions—that enable a targeted set of taxpayers to reduce their taxes relative to what they would pay under a “basic” tax-law structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1684

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - The annual budget process gives the Legislature a natural opportunity to review and possibly modify conventional expenditures. Expiration dates provide similar opportunities for tax expenditures, helping the Legislature make the best use of its budgetary resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

Review of the California Competes Tax Credit

Oct 31, 2017 - We will receive preliminary data on the use of tax credits for the 2016 tax year in November 2017.) Taxpayers claimed $3  million worth of California Competes credits in tax year 2014 and $12.6  million in tax year 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3709

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Second, the requirements do not apply to independent films with qualified expenditures less than $10  million. Assessment Legislature ’s Assessment Should Depend on How It Prioritizes Hollywood ’s Importance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

Housing-Related Tax Expenditure Programs [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2013 - Housing-Related Tax Expenditure Programs [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2708