April 2013 California Personal Income Tax Daily Revenue Tracker

Because personal income taxes are a major source of revenue to the State, and because April is a big month for tax receipts, State Controller John Chiang provided a daily tally of personal income taxes for the month.

Preliminary reports show the State collected a net total of $12,473,998,000 in personal income taxes in April, bringing fiscal year-to-date personal income tax revenues as of April 30 to $55.778 billion.

The Governor's budget estimated a total of $12.746 billion in income taxes would be collected in April, bringing projected fiscal year-to-date personal income tax revenues as of April 30 to $51.414 billion.

Last year, personal income taxes accounted for 60.74 percent of all State General Fund revenues. Of those receipts, 14.14 percent arrived during the month of April.

Revenue Tracker Chart


Preliminary Report of California State Personal Income Tax Revenues - Month of April 2013 (In Thousands of Dollars)*

This chart provides year-to-date figures for April 2013 that reflect the amount of personal income taxes received, minus refunds paid. For comparison, the chart also includes income tax receipts from April 2012.

Date Daily Personal Income Taxes
(Receipts And Withholding Minus Refunds)
Fiscal 2012-13
Year-To-Date
Personal Income Tax Revenues
Fiscal 2011-12
Year-To-Date
Personal Income Tax Revenues
 March Balance $  $43,304,452  $33,638,046
April 1  ---  ---  ---
April 2  75,688  43,380,140 33,591,305
April 3  437,548  43,817,688 33,737,997
April 4  218,810  44,036,498 34,110,426
April 5  51,183  44,087,681 34,134,296
April 6  --- ---  34,561,780
April 7  --- ---   ---
April 8  492,076  44,579,757  ---
April 9  95,323  44,675,080 34,580,570
April 10  274,867  44,949,947 34,718,292
April 11  256,525  45,206,472 34,911,662
April 12  563,459  45,769,931 34,922,480
April 13  --- --- 35,155,779
April 14  --- ---  --- 
April 15 847,636 46,617,567 --- 
April 16 2,556,336 49,173,903 35,583,435
April 17 2,939,353 52,113,256  36,312,900
April 18 1,188,804 53,302,060  37,947,753
April 19 16,529 53,318,589  38,927,215
April 20  --- ---   39,422,966
April 21  --- ---   ---
April 22 837,391 54,155,980  ---
April 23 680,846 54,836,826  39,945,266
April 24 295,398 55,132,224  40,177,059
April 25 290,332 55,422,556  40,386,057
April 26 293,215 55,715,771  40,373,096
April 27  --- ---   40,594,503
April 28  --- ---   ---
April 29 (84,121)**  55,631,650  ---
April 30  146,800  55,778,450  40,808,836
Monthly Total 12,473,998    

*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 two 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 that the daily refund total outpaced daily receipts and withholdings.

Source: California State Controller's Office