The 2021-22 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2021 - Under our estimates, recent gains in revenues —particularly from taxes on higher income earners —would persist and continue to grow close to the historical average rate. (For more discussion of our assumptions, please see: The 2021‑22 Budget: May Revenue Outlook .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4437

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Film Tax Credit Extends Film Tax Credit Program. The budget extends the film tax credit —which awards $330  million in credits annually to motion picture productions —for five years beginning in 2025-26 (Program 4.0).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - Appropriations subject to the limit are calculated by taking proceeds of taxes and reducing them by excluded spending. Statutory Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay. One important SAL exclusion is qualified capital outlay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Finally, this category includes the refundable portion of two major tax credits: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides a refundable tax credit to low- to moderate-income working individuals and couples; and the Child Tax Credit, which provides refundable tax credits to eligible low-income families with children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The state ’s “Big Three ” General Fund taxes —the personal income tax, sales and use tax, and corporation tax —are assumed to increase at a slightly higher rate (4.2  percent). The difference between these growth rates is attributable to a decline in other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Total Federal Expenditures by County. In this post, estimates of total federal expenditures by county include: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, federal civilian wages, military wages, government contracts, veterans ’ benefits, Supplementary Security Income (SSI), the refundable portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Suspension Proposal

Jan 29, 2021 - Recent budgets have used funding from Proposition  56, which established a higher tax on tobacco products, to increase provider payments in Medi ‑Cal. If the suspensions went into effect, most of these payment increases would cease.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4328

The 2020-21 Budget: Structuring the Budget

Feb 10, 2020 - Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Approved. After enacting the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget in June, the Legislature reauthorized the MCO tax in September. The MCO tax generates General Fund benefit by taxing enrollment in MCOs and using that revenue to offset General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4150

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - A budget problem represents the amount by which expenditures exceed revenues in a given year. A budget problem is not the same as a revenue loss. That is because some state expenditures adjust automatically to changing revenue conditions, in general offsetting losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Most of the difference is attributable to differences in our estimates of grants spending and our inclusion of significant refundable tax credits as components of federal sp ending. While our estimate is not comparable with multi-state estimates, our approach does allow us to display spending amounts at a more detailed level and with more precision and detail than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/7