Current Advocacy Issues

CSEA Gains Important Victory Despite Tumultuous 2020 Legislative Session  9/4/2020
	On Tuesday night, the California Legislature adjourned for the year after a tumultuous 2020 legislative session. While CSEA business in the Capitol was far from usual this year both from a tax policy and an EA advocacy perspective...

June 5, Legislative Update  6/5/2020
	Last Friday, the Senate passed two budget proposals that CSEA had been monitoring due to their important tax implications...

2020 Legislative Session Bill Review  3/6/2020
	The deadline to introduce new bills for consideration during the 2020 legislation session was February 21...

It’s Not Too Late to Help Your Clients Avoid the CA Healthcare Penalty  3/6/2020
	Health insurance may not be something you normally discuss with your clients at tax time, but it should be, now that the state...

New Special Enrollment Period  2/21/2020
	CSEA has been working to raise awareness of the state penalty for failure to have healthcare, which will impact uninsured taxpayers when they file their 2020 state tax returns. Over the past months, we shared concerns...

Do You Have Questions About AB 5?  2/14/2020
	EAs have been trying to make sense of the many confusing circumstances that Dyanmex and AB 5 have created for California taxpayers...

CSEA Opposes AB 1140  2/7/2020
	Although EAs are exempt from the requirements of AB 1140, the Legislative Affairs Committee is preparing a letter of opposition to Assemblymember Mark Stone's office and the Legislature. The Legislative Affairs Committee feels that the bill adversely

CSEA Sends Healthcare Mandate Information to Legislature  1/17/2020
	During CSEA’s annual lobby day at the Capitol on January 6, CSEA Members brought up the impending healthcare mandate to inform legislators about the tax ramifications for those who don’t receive coverage. When taxpayers file their...

FTB Hosts Annual Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Hearing December 3  12/6/2019
	On Tuesday, December 3, CSEA and other stakeholder groups gave their testimony at the annual Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Hearing, which accompanies FTB’s December Board meeting. CSEA brought two issues...

Independent Contracting - How Dynamex Impacts You and Your Clients  10/10/2019
	Many are aware that independent contracting laws were changed in April of 2018 when the California Supreme Court decided in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Supreme Court of Los Angeles to create a new standard for classifying...