California Kills ReadyReturn Program

The California Franchise Tax Board at its meeting last week failed to extend the Ready Return pilot program.  As a result, the program will not be available for 2006 tax returns, even though 99% of Californians who used the program in 2005 wanted to continue using it

See Lenny Goldberg, California FTB Drops Ready Return Program, Doc. 2006-19747, 2006 STT 184-3.  For a legislative briefing on the ReadyReturn program, see here. For TaxProf Blog coverage, see:

• Federal ReadyReturn? (4/13/06)
• Status of California's ReadyReturn Program (2/27/06)
• Kambas on The California ReadyReturn (9/20/05)
• Bankman on Simple Filing for Average Citizens: the California ReadyReturn (6/14/05)
• Bankman & Norquist Debate California's ReadyReturn Pilot Program (4/13/05)