Update 1:

New figures that affect your 2021 California taxes have been released, adjusted for inflation. Tax rates and related items have been indexed to reflect an inflation rate of 4.4%, according to the CA Franchise Tax Board (FTB). As it did for 2020, the FTB also included adjustments for the standard deduction. For single or separate taxpayers the standard deduction for 2021 rises from $4,601 to $4,803. For all others it rises from $9,202 to $9,606. Personal and senior exemptions rise from $124 to $129. For a joint or surviving spouse it increases from $248 to $258. The dependent exemption credit rises from $383 to $400. Contact your Linkenheimer CPA with questions.

Update 2:

Certain airport employees in California lose in court. CA wage law requires that employees must be paid for all hours worked. But employees of vendors at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) were subject to waiting in federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lines without pay on their way to work. During the wait time employees were under the control of the TSA. One employee sued his employer, a vendor at LAX. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the plaintiff. He was unable to show that while in the security line, he was under his employer’s control and not federal control. Therefore, a CA claim for wages didn’t apply.