Special Notices and Notification Letters
2024
The latest information on rates and fees, refund and relief opportunities, special exemptions, new tax programs and changes in current ones.
December
- Tax Fact: Key Guidelines for Sellers of Firearm Products
- New Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee Rates Effective January 1, 2025
- 2025 Energy Resources (Electrical Energy) Surcharge Rate
November
- New Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Rates Effective January 1, 2025
- 2025 Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Rates (911 and 988 Surcharges)
- New Sales and Use Tax Rate Effective January 1, 2025
- Flavored Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, and Tobacco Product Flavor Enhancers Are Subject to Seizure
October
- Tax Fact: Gross Receipts, Gifts, Raffles and Promotional Offers
- Hazardous Waste Facility Fee Rates for 2024-2025 and Upcoming Due Date Reminders
- New Environmental Fee Rates for 2024-2025 and Upcoming Due Date Reminders
- Hazardous Waste Generation and Handling Fee Rates for 2024-2025 and Important Reminders
- Irvine Office Closes on November 27, 2024
September
- Bad Debt Deductions for Lenders and Affiliated Entities Will Change on January 1, 2025
- Reminders for Sellers of Firearm and Ammunition Products
- Hazardous Waste Generation and Handling Fee Important Updates
August
- New Sales and Use Tax Rate Effective October 1, 2024 and New City of Mountain House in San Joaquin County
- Change in Tax Return Filing Frequency Reminders
July
- Additional Resources Now Available for Sellers of California Firearm and Ammunition Products
- Calculating the California Firearm and Ammunition Excise Tax
June
- Revised – New Sales and Use Tax Rates Effective July 1, 2024
- Grass Valley District Tax Operative Date Changed from July 1, 2024, to October 1, 2024
- Rate Change for International Fuel Tax Agreement and Interstate User Diesel Fuel Tax Licensees Effective July 1, 2024
- Ventura Office Temporarily Closed from June 17, 2024, through June 21, 2024
- New Lead-Acid Battery Fee Regulations
- Firearm and Ammunition Excise Tax Certificate of Registration
May
- Revised Tax Rates for Motor Vehicle and Diesel Fuel
- Sacramento Headquarters Moving on July 1, 2024
- Your Tax Return Filing Frequency is Changing
- New Tax Rate on Tobacco Products Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025 (May 2024)
- Sales of New Merchandise by Qualifying Charitable Organizations Are Taxable
- Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fee: Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2024
April
February
- District Tax Extended in City of Stockton Effective April 1, 2024
- New Local Charge Rate for San Francisco Sales of Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services (MTS) Effective April 1, 2024
- Cannabis Tax Fact – Gross Receipts Subject to Cannabis Excise Tax
- Special Notice – 2024 Natural Gas Surcharge Rates
- West Covina Office Moving to Diamond Bar on March 18, 2024
January
- Special Notice – AB 1126 Universal Symbol
- New Firearm, Firearm Precursor Part, and Ammunition Excise Tax Beginning July 1, 2024
- Sales or Purchases of Breast Pumps and Related Supplies Are Exempt from Sales and Use Tax Effective April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029
- Special Notice — Does Your Business Include Lithium Extraction in California?
- Revisions to the Hazardous Waste Generation and Handling Fee Return