California : State Data and Comparisons : State Data Lab

TIA Data

2018 Financial State of California (Released 9/24/2019)

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California owes more than it owns.

California's Taxpayer Burden™ is -$21,800, and it received an "F" from TIA.

California is a Sinkhole State without enough assets to cover its debt.

Elected officials have created a Taxpayer Burden™, which is each taxpayer's share of state bills after its available assets have been tapped.

TIA's Taxpayer Burden™ measurement incorporates both assets and liabilities, not just pension debt.

California only has $114 billion of assets available to pay bills totaling $388.9 billion.

Because California doesn't have enough money to pay its bills, it has a $275 billion financial hole. To fill it, each California taxpayer would have to send $21,800 to the state.

California's reported net position is inflated by $22.6 billion, largely because the state defers recognizing losses incurred when the net pension liability increases.

The state's financial report was released 340 days after its fiscal year end, which is considered untimely according to the 180 day standard.

Prior Years' TIA Data

2017 Financial State of California

2016 Financial State of California

2015 Financial State of California

2014 Financial State of California

2013 Financial State of California

2012 Financial State of California

2011 Financial State of California

2010 Financial State of California

2009 Financial State of California

City and Other Municipal Reports