Posts by CalTax

16 Oct

Unemployment Insurance

Lawmakers Blast Employment Development Department’s Mishandling of Claims During Pandemic

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Days after exiting the recommended two-week “burndown” plan from Governor Gavin Newsom’s unemployment insurance strike team, the Employ...

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16 Oct

Office of Tax Appeals

OTA Issues 45 Opinions, Including Three Pending Precedential Decisions

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Office of Tax Appeals posted 45 opinions to its website October 5, including three pending precedential cases. All of the precedent...

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02 Oct

State Board of Equalization

Tax Agency Will Have to Expand Dramatically if Proposition 15 Passes, Staff Says

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The State Board of Equalization’s County-Assessed Properties Division will need to roughly double in size if voters approve Proposition...

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18 Sep

Proposition 15

Poll Shows Split-Roll Measure Losing Popularity

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

A new poll shows that Proposition 15, the property tax increase initiative on the November ballot, is losing popularity with likely vot...

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18 Sep

Legislative Update

Governor Signs Two CalTax-Supported Bills

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Governor Gavin Newsom this month signed two CalTax-supported bills that provide selective conformity to the federal Coronavirus Aid, Re...

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04 Sep

Legislature

Tax Disclosure Bill Sent to Governor

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Senate voted 28-11 on August 30 to send SB 972 (Skinner), a CalTax-opposed bill requiring disclosure of confidential taxpayer infor...

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04 Sep

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Allegations of EDD Fraud Prompt Emergency Audit

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

California lawmakers have approved an emergency audit of the Employment Development Department after people in several parts of the sta...

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28 Aug

State Budget

State Auditor Puts COVID-19 Response Spending on High-Risk List

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

State Auditor Elaine Howle reported August 25 that her office has designated the state’s management of federal funds related to COVID-1...

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21 Aug

Local Taxes

State Penalizes Los Angeles County $1.3 Million for Dispute Over Campaigning With Tax Dollars

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Fair Political Practices Commission, which is responsible for enforcing California’s campaign finance and disclosure laws, unanimou...

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21 Aug

Local Taxes, November Election

Voters Will Decide Fate of 245 Local Tax and Bond Measures in November

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

When Californians go to the polls November 3, they not only will decide the fate of a massive property tax increase (Proposition 15), b...

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