Posts by CalTax

15 May

State Budget

Governor Unveils Revised Budget Plan With Higher Taxes on Corporate Taxpayers

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised budget proposal May 14, a $203.3 billion spending plan for the 2020-21 fiscal year that call...

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15 May

Commentary

Looming Local Taxes Could Force Many Employers to Close Forever

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

By CalTax Policy and Communications Associate Dustin Weatherby Californians rejected 142 of 237 local tax and bond measures on the Ma...

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08 May

COVID-19 Update

Governor Extends Property Tax Deadlines, Makes Major Change in Workers’ Compensation Coverage and Prepares to Partially Reopen the State

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Governor Gavin Newsom issued executive orders May 6 extending the deadline for business owners to file business personal property (BPP)...

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08 May

Legislature

Taxes Under Consideration as Assembly and Senate Return to Work

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Assembly returned from its almost two-month recess May 4 and the Senate is scheduled to reconvene May 11, with several tax-related ...

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01 May

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Diego Spent $30 Million to Collect Data That Isn’t Useful

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

More than three years after the city of San Diego spent $30 million for a project designed to collect traffic data, “the project is fai...

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24 Apr

Local Taxes

Voters Rejected 142 of 237 Local Tax and Bond Measures on March Ballot

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

California voters rejected 142 of the 237 local tax and bond measures on the March 3 ballot, according to the counties’ final vote tall...

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24 Apr

Split-Roll Initiative

Poll Shows Support for Split-Roll Measure Still Hovering Near 50 Percent

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Support for the split-roll property tax initiative continues to hover near 50 percent, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)...

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17 Apr

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Wasted $500,000 on Unused Custom-Built Boat, Auditor Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

State Wasted $500,000 on Unused Custom-Built Boat, Auditor Finds. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife “wasted more than a ha...

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17 Apr

Office of Tax Appeals

Office of Tax Appeals: Taxpayer Who Relied on Instructions in FTB Publication Loses Appeal

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Office of Tax Appeals posted 23 opinions to its website April 7, including a “pending precedential” rejection of an appeal filed by...

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27 Mar

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Pet Lover’s License Plate Program Is Dogged by Mismanagement, Auditor Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is mismanaging the “Pet Lover’s” specialized license plate program so badly th...

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