Posts by CalTax

07 Aug

Office of Tax Appeals

UC Regents Participated in Donor’s Tax-Avoidance Scheme, OTA Rules

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Office of Tax Appeals posted 143 opinions to its website this week, including one involving the University of California Board of R...

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31 Jul

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Receives Little Information on Billions Spent for Mental Health

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The state spends heavily on mental health care programs under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, but state officials lack sufficient infor...

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31 Jul

Personal Income Tax

Union-Backed ‘Millionaire’s Tax’ Introduced in Final Month of Session

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

With just one month left in the two-year legislative session, a group of lawmakers this week introduced a union-backed proposal that wo...

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24 Jul

State Board of Equalization

Assessor Warns of Residential Assessment Errors if Split-Roll Initiative Passes

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

If voters approve Proposition 15 in November, residential property assessments are likely to become less accurate as assessors are forc...

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10 Jul

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Board Attempts to Mislead Auditors and Falsify Data

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Executive at the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) “violated state law when they falsified data to deceive the State Auditor’s Office,”...

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10 Jul

Property Tax

Property Tax Revenue Increasing Statewide, Assessment Roll Data Indicates

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

It is likely that local governments throughout the state will enjoy increases in their property tax revenue, based on assessment roll d...

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26 Jun

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Audit Says Sweetwater School Leaders Engaged in Fraud

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

San Diego’s Sweetwater Union High School District is back in the news, again for mismanagement of tax dollars. Superintendent Karen Jan...

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26 Jun

State Budget

New Budget Deal Unveiled, Quickly Brought to Vote

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced June 22 that they reached an agreement on the 2020-21 state budget, ...

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26 Jun

Split-Roll Initiative

Texas Using Split-Roll Threat to Lure California Jobs

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The San Francisco Business Times reported June 23 that in light of the split-roll initiative and proposed local tax increases in variou...

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19 Jun

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Jose Dismantles Shelter Shortly After Spending $1.3 Million on Repairs

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Earlier this year, the city of San Jose spent more than $1.3 million repairing state-owned trailers for homeless residents, but the San...

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