California’s New Jobs Credit was originally allocated $400 million to fund the credit.  To date, just over $40 million has been claimed, meaning that just under $360 million remains to be claimed.  The FTB will continue to allow the credit until the last day of the calendar quarter in which the FTB estimates it will have received timely filed original returns claiming the credit that cumulatively total $400 million.  

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The Enterprise Zone continues to have a powerful effect on how local businesses in California save money and grow their revenue.

“When you look at the whole picture – the enterprise zone program is an essential tool for economic growth in California,” says Craig Johnson, president of the California Association of Enterprise Zones. “The program delivers measurable benefits to our state by creating jobs and business growth opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals and communities.”

Mr. Swenson’s research shows that the enterprise zone program decreases unemployment rates, boosts wage, salary and household incomes and decreases poverty rates, the association says.

“What this paper demonstrates is that to evaluate an enterprise zone program’s economic impact, we need to look at a number of outcomes – job growth, unemployment rates, income levels, business retention,” says Mr. Swenson in written comments provided by the association. “In the empirical study which I co-authored, we in fact found that the California Enterprise Zone program reduced unemployment rates, and increased incomes. This latter effect is consistent with increasing wages of EZ residents.”