April 2019 California Personal Income Tax Daily Revenue Tracker

Last fiscal year, personal income taxes accounted for 69.1 percent of all state General Fund revenues. Of those receipts, 15.2 percent arrived during the month of April.

The governor's 2019-20 budget proposal estimates a total of $15.0 billion in personal income tax will be collected in April. The chart below compares the running total to the $15.0 billion estimate of April personal income tax receipts. The total consists of personal income tax receipts minus refunds.


April 2019 Preliminary Report of California Personal Income Tax Revenues (In Thousands of Dollars)*


April 2019 Preliminary Report of California Personal Income Tax Revenues (In Thousands of Dollars)*

Date Daily Personal Income Taxes
(Receipts And Withholding Minus Refunds)
Fiscal 2018-19 Year-To-Date
Personal Income Tax Revenues
Fiscal 2017-18 Year-To-Date
Personal Income Tax Revenues
March Balance   $61,399,988 $61,913,325
April 1 *** 61,399,988 61,913,325
April 2 38,544 61,438,532 62,198,617
April 3 69,593 61,508,125 62,446,327
April 4 455,120 61,963,245 62,984,674
April 5 (87,152) 61,876,093 63,057,384
April 6 *** 61,876,093 63,665,707
April 7 *** 61,876,093 63,665,707
April 8 1,220,193 63,096,286 63,665,707
April 9 380,664 63,476,950 63,858,974
April 10 1,658,282 65,135,232 64,081,116
April 11 693,802 65,829,034 64,561,189
April 12 629,052 66,458,086 64,775,884
April 13 *** 66,458,086 65,312,442
April 14 *** 66,458,086 65,312,442
April 15 1,414,226 67,872,312 65,312,442
April 16 3,219,520 71,091,832 66,098,087
April 17 4,371,053 75,462,885 67,593,916
April 18 1,579,921 77,042,806 70,905,058
April 19 104,117 77,146,923 72,627,174
April 20 *** 77,146,923 73,401,592
April 21 *** 77,146,923 73,401,592
April 22 396,389 77,543,312 73,401,592
April 23 599,923 78,143,235 74,390,935
April 24 836,346 78, 979,581 74,760,942
April 25 277,468 79,257,049 75,213,257
April 26 372,367 79,629,416 74,907,291
April 27 *** 79,629,416 75,264,732
April 28 *** 79,629,416 75,264,732
April 29 735,576 80,364,992 75,264,732
April 30 203,494 80,568,486 76,085,872
Monthly Total $19,168,498 $80,568,486 $ 76,085,872

*The table above shows the most recent personal income tax revenues, which include payroll withholdings, taxes received, and refunds paid out. The reconciliation of these numbers can take up to three to five business days. Final April revenues may not be known until the first week of May due to delivery and processing requirements and the large volume of tax filings received.

**A negative figure indicates the daily refund total outpaced daily receipts and withholdings.

***No transactions are posted on weekends.