We tracked April 2015 personal income tax (PIT) collections on a daily basis. April is a key month for collections of the PIT, the state government's largest revenue source.
April is a major corporate tax collection month. Here, we discuss April 2015 collection trends for the state's third-largest General Fund revenue source.
The Franchise Tax Board has released data on taxes paid and income reported on 2013 California personal income tax returns by county.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released preliminary jobs data for metropolitan regions across the U.S. for the month of March 2015.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its alternative measures of labor underutilization (unemployment) for states through the first quarter of 2015.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the "coincident indexes" for the 50 U.S. states for March 2015.
This note discusses the most recent California Employment Development Department Help Wanted OnLine Data Series report.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released data on states' March 2015 job reports.
California's Employment Development Department (EDD) has released preliminary jobs data for the month of March 2015. Once again, jobs increased, and the state's unemployment rate declined.
In this background post, we describe the major nonfarm job sectors that our office tracks in monthly state jobs reports.
This note provides information on March 2015 state tax collections.
This note discusses the state's complex revenue accrual rules, which affect Proposition 98 school funding and various aspects of state budgeting, in the context of the April 15 personal income tax deadline.
This blog post responds to questions we receive regularly concerning the likely effect of the drought on the state's economy and tax revenues.
A portion of the California Public Utilities Commission's $1.6 billion penalty against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) affects state General Fund budgetary revenues.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published its February 2015 data concerning employment in the nation's metropolitan areas on April 8, 2015.