Spidell’s Analysis & Explanation of California Taxes® 2026 Edition (The Big Blue Answer Book®)

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Spidell’s Analysis & Explanation of California Taxes® 2026 Edition (The Big Blue Answer Book®)

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Trust Spidell’s Analysis & Explanation of California Taxes® and ease the burden of solving complex California tax problems when they come up in your practice. Rely on the resource written and edited by a team of California tax pros who know the challenges, and increase your efficiency with clear explanations to the most common issues.

  1. Understand which federal provisions the new conformity bill does and does not conform to
  2. Master changes to the passthrough entity elective tax, including the relaxed rules regarding June 15 prepayments
  3. Discover the new simplified process for sourcing income to California
  4. Learn about the gross income exclusion for class action settlements from a California wildfire
  5. Get details on several base-year value transfer options available to disaster victims
  6. See how to recompute depletion deductions following California’s repeal of various oil and gas industry tax incentives
  7. Learn about the tax provisions in the budget bill, including the federal uniformed retirement pay exclusion and film credit increase
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  • FTB — An exhaustive review of conformity for individuals and businesses, and new LLC and corporate issues
  • BOE — A comprehensive discussion of taxable and exempt sales and how to register and file
  • EDD — Practical information on filing, payment, and worker classification
  • Property tax — An analysis of change of ownership rules and penalties

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