October 2023 California Personal Income Tax Daily Revenue Tracker

April 15 is the normal annual personal income tax (PIT) payment deadline. For 2023, April 18 is the deadline as April 15 is a Saturday. However, the Franchise Tax Board extended the deadline in conformity with the Internal Revenue Service in response to the 2022-23 winter storms. Therefore, individuals and businesses in counties impacted by 2022-23 winter storms qualify for an extension to file and pay taxes until October 16, 2023.

General Fund PIT receipts for the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) totaled $22.56 billion through September 30, which was $58.10 million, or 0.30 percent lower than anticipated in the 2023-24 Budget Act.

The FY 2023-24 Budget Act estimated October 2023 PIT collections to total $36.84 billion. PIT receipts expected in October represent 14.97 percent of total General Fund revenues of $246.05 billion anticipated for the entire 2023-24 fiscal year. 

The chart below compares the running actual total to the estimate of October PIT receipts. The total consists of PIT receipts minus refunds. 

October 2023 Preliminary Report of California Personal Income Tax Revenues(In Thousands of Dollars)*

 

2023-24 FY Date Daily Personal Income Tax Revenues
(Receipts And Withholding Minus Refunds)**
2023-24 FY Year-To-Date
Personal Income Tax Revenues
Ending Balance September 30   22,558,402
October 1 *** ***
October 2 493,332 23,051,734
October 3 959,950 24,011,684
October 4 313,894 24,325,578
October 5 1,065,882 25,391,460
October 6 271,584 25,663,044
October 7 *** ***
October 8 *** ***
October 9 103,356 25,766,400
October 10 297,585 26,063,985
October 11 549,051 26,613,036
October 12 960,049 27,573,085
October 13 1,030,446 28,603,531
October 14 *** ***
October 15 *** ***
October 16 1,424,598 30,028,129
October 17 2,609,865 32,637,994
October 18 3,186,150 35,824,144
October 19 2,620,089 38,444,233
October 20 109,661 38,553,894
October 21 *** ***
October 22 *** ***
October 23 49,445 38,603,339
October 24 169,230 38,772,569
October 25 75,405 38,847,974
October 26 372,480 39,220,454
October 27 (150,286) 39,070,168
October 28 *** ***
October 29 *** ***
October 30 (119,696) 38,950,472
October 31 381,497 39,331,969
October Total $ 16,773,567 $ 39,331,969

* The reconciliation of these numbers can take up to five business days. Therefore, final October revenues will not be known until the first week of November.

** Amounts are net of refunds.  A negative figure indicates the daily refund total outpaced daily receipts and withholdings.

*** No transactions are posted on weekends/holidays.

Refer to the April 2023 Personal Income Tax Daily Revenue Tracker which compares April 2023 PIT Revenues to 2023-24 Governor's Budget estimates. In addition, it contains a comparison of FY 2022-23 to FY 2021-22 PIT revenues.

Source: California State Controller's Office