Current Advocacy Issues

EA's Ability to Prepare Threatened in Nevada  5/25/2018
	Nevada Society of Enrolled Agents released the following letter on May 15, 2018, detailing what has become a truly dire situation for Enrolled Agents...

Tax on Services Bill is Stalled  5/18/2018
	On Wednesday, May 16, the Senate Governance & Finance Committee held a hearing on the latest iteration of a tax on services bill, SB 993. Due in part to the fantastic response to our call to action last week and the many calls that our Members, both

Call to Action: Tax on Services  5/11/2018
	On Wednesday night, Senator Hertzberg substantially amended his tax on services bill, SB 993. What makes this latest version of tax on services so dangerous?

Changes to CDTFA Online Services Begin May 7, 2018  5/4/2018
	Your clients may have received an email about changes to their California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) online services account. All CDTFA online services account functions are unavailable from May 1 - May 6. Beginning May 7, sales

FTB Releases Analysis of Bills on CSEA Watch List  4/20/2018

Bills We're Watching 2018  3/23/2018
	While you're hard at work during tax season, the CSEA advocacy team has been hard at work as well compiling a new legislative bill watch list. The following are bills that CSEA has either submitted to the legislature a position of support, or that we

California Wildfire Victim Relief  2/16/2018
	Members of CSEA have been lobbying Congress to grant relief to victims of the California Wildfires similar to the relief provided to hurricane victims in the South and East. That relief was included in the...

CSEA Helps Californians Claim Their Real Estate Witholdings  2/9/2018
	CSEA has been partnering with the FTB regarding the forfeiture of unclaimed real estate withholding credits. In an effort to ease the process of claiming these credits...

Details Emerge About Operation of New OTA  1/26/2018
	On January 1 the newly formed Office of Tax Appeals started hearing appeals and released information about how it will conduct business moving forward. Primarily, on January 22 and 23 the department heard its first cases, the agendas of which can...

New FTB Notice May Alarm Clients  1/19/2018
	Recently, Members have been reporting that their clients have received a notice from the FTB regarding itemized deductions for medical expenses, charitable contributions, employee business, and/or miscellaneous expenses...