…is causing concern within several industries including agriculture. “There’s a movement in the Senate to change cap-and-trade to a cap-and-tax type proposal, whether it be a fee or tax if…
Farm Credit Establishes Endowment Fund at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
…Orfalea College of Business faculty, students represent low-income clients involved in tax controversies before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court and help provide tax education to the community all…
CDFA Announces New Dates for Stop QIP Petition Hearing
…The internet link and call-in information will be made available as the hearing date approaches. The hearing is based on a petition from the STOP QIP Tax Coalition which calls…
Newsom Expanding Farm to Family Program
…eligible California grown specialty crop products. You may also qualify for a 15 percent tax credit on donations,” Ross noted. California farmers have already been working to meet the more…
‘More Meaningful Consultation’ Needed for New Regulations
…industry is the executive order pertaining to sick leave pay that excludes a tax credit that is part of the federal policy, which will offset some of the costs. “We’ve…
Lawmakers Propose “California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package”
…to expand paid sick leave for farmworkers, provide hazard pay and extend a tax credit to farmers who offer overtime work to their workers. In addition, it would expedite temporary…
The Western View: New Water Rules Spell Disaster
…lose as many as 85,000 full-time jobs and $2.1 billion in employee wages. Tax revenues will suffer. There will be $242 million in lost city and county tax revenue and…
Water Supply Restrictions to Have Billion-Dollar Impact
…will also have a negative impact on state and local tax revenues collected, with a decline of approximately $535 million per year. The loss of economic activity is projected to…
Would Farmers Participate in a Carbon Trading System, Perdue Says “Absolutely”
…a day when farm policy would encourage and reward sustainable practices? Perdue responded with, “you get what you reward, regardless if you’re talking about tax policy or fam bill practices.”…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 02-26-20
…do to grapes, objections to the split-roll property tax initiative, and SGMA’s impact on the value of agriculture land. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features…
Objections to the Split-Roll Property Tax Measure
…statewide and regional organizations representing various different types of industries have joined the Californians to Save Prop 13 and Stop Higher Property Taxes coalition in opposing a split-roll property tax. …
California Agriculture Absent from State of the State
…resurgence that, let me be clear, began under President Barack Obama.” Newsom went on to highlight the achievements of developing wildfire initiatives, making healthcare advances, offering family tax credits, and…
Trump Administration Taking on New Trade Front
…increase would be implemented as a response to a recent French tax on digital services, which U.S. officials believe to be a barrier to trade. Similar tariff action has also…
Legislation to Preserve Family Farms Introduced in Congress
…the death tax relief that was passed as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), but that many cattle producers are either still vulnerable to the…