California State Controller John Chiang offers this daily tax tracker to follow personal income taxes, sales and use taxes and corporate taxes -- the three major sources of revenue for the State.

The site will be updated regularly throughout each business day. Preliminary posts use dollar figures from tax administration agencies, while the following day the Controller will post reconciled (actual cash) figures. The latest figures are always available via direct download. Preliminary sales tax figures, along with personal income tax withholdings will be available by 10:30 a.m., followed by total personal income and corporate tax receipts, along with final sales tax numbers between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m. the same business day.

The chart on the right of this screen tracks the cumulative total of income, sales and corporate tax and compares it against estimated benchmarks for the month.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Retail Tax Receipts Catch Up

Tax receipts are recorded net of various refunds that are paid and retail taxes are no exception.  This month refunds were recorded much earlier than expected and have weighed on the total.

The Board of Equalization (BOE) issues refunds on a daily basis to retailers as they reconcile their remittances.  When customers return merchandise, for example, tax receipts are returned to the merchant.

Periodically, refunds issued on a given day can exceed revenues by a large margin.   Such was the case on April 2 in contrast with last year on April 10.  Now, with at least preliminary numbers available this month for the 10th, comparisons came be made.  The result?  April so far is running virtually identical to last year with refunds exceeding payments by about $86 million.  The big refund bulge is now over and we should generally see positive net cash inflows for the balance of the month
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