On Tuesday, June 27, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act of 2017. Sweeping changes to the administration of taxes and fees formerly administered by the Board of Equalization take effect on July 1, 2017. A...
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Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act Presented to Governor Brown
The Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act of 2017, which will create two new entities (the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the Office of Tax Appeals) to take over most of the California State Board of Equalization's functions, has passed both...
Confusion and Uncertainty at the BOE
The Board of Equalization is attempting to respond to the California Legislature's mandate to turn over most of its authority to two newly created agencies, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and a Department of Administrative Tax Appeals. It's...
California’s Fast Track to Tax Reform
As of July 1, 2017, California's State Board of Equalization will likely be a thing of the past. Lawmakers voted on June 15th to pass Senate Bill 86, The Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act of 2017, which will rapidly create a new Department of Tax and Fee...
California Sales and Use Tax Rate to Decrease in 2017
The temporary statewide sales and use tax increase approved through California's Proposition 30 expires on December 31, 2016. Effective January 1, 2017, the state sales and use tax rate in California will decrease by 0.25% to the new rate of 7.25%. The California...
Sales and Use Tax Rates to Change in Certain California Cities
The California Board of Equalization (BOE) will update sales and use tax rates effective October 1, 2016, in the following cities:Compton (Los Angeles County);Corning (Tehama County);Isleton (Sacramento County);Marysville (Yuba County); and San Jose (Santa Clara...
Clearing the Smoke: How to Navigate Taxation on Your California Medical Marijuana Business
Medical marijuana use was authorized in the state of California by the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 which provided guidelines for individuals and businesses to cultivate, use, and distribute cannabis within California. This Act did not "legalize" medical marijuana,...
The Contractor Ranks Are Growing
The number of workers identifying themselves "independent contractors" is growing in the United States. In 2005 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics determined that the number of independent contractors rose from 6.4% of the workforce in 2001 to 7.4% of the workforce...
California State Board of Equalization Manufacturing Exemption from Sales and Use Tax is Scheduled to Begin in July, 2014
A 2013 law created by Governor Brown's 2013 Economic Development Initiative allows certain businesses in manufacturing or in the fields of biotechnology or physical, engineering, and life sciences to purchase or lease manufacturing or research and development...
