Spidell's California Minute

Check out Spidell's California Minute — a podcast dedicated to providing you with California tax news snippets. We'll be bringing you tips and hot topics that will save you time, and save your clients tax, in an audio format that you can access at your office or on your phone. So give us a minute, and we'll give you news you can use.

Year-end tax planning strategies 11/21/2025

California conformity, or lack thereof, just got a lot more complicated 11/14/2025

Reduce tax caused by California’s SDI wage base elimination 11/07/2025

California now conforms to TCJA alimony rules 10/31/2025

Understand California’s new retirement contribution deduction conformity 10/24/2025

New California CPA and CTEC licensing and registration requirements 10/16/2025

Medi-Cal asset test reinstated starting in 2026 10/10/2025

October 15 filing and payment postponement traps to watch out for 10/03/2025

California changes rules for how service professionals, including tax professionals, are taxed 09/25/2025

California’s wildfire settlement exclusion expanded 09/19/2025

When does community property end? 09/11/2025

Pros and cons of filing married filing separate 09/02/2025

What to do in an FTB residency audit 08/29/2025

Entity identification numbers and classification changes 08/22/2025

Messy divorces: What to do when an estranged spouse won’t provide the required tax information 08/15/2025

Recently enacted property tax law changes 08/08/2025

California nonconformity to OBBBA 08/07/2025

Real estate withholding and trusts 08/01/2025

Big changes coming to California’s passthrough entity tax 07/30/2025

CalKIDS college savings program 07/18/2025

Reporting income after a change of residency 07/03/2025

CalSavers reminder for businesses with at least one California employee 06/27/2025

Workers classified as California employees and federal independent contractors 06/18/2025

FTB sending 2024 LLC fee late-payment notices 06/13/2025

Changing an LLC’s tax classification: understand the tax and filing requirements 06/06/2025

Proposed tax changes in the Governor’s budget revision 05/29/2025

How to treat insurance payments received after a disaster 05/23/2025

How to help clients who never formally dissolved entities 05/16/2025

Are ERC adjustments required on the California return? 05/09/2025

When can the FTB intercept a tax refund? 05/02/2025