Government Links

California Board of Equalization (BOE) – The Board of Equalization administers California’s sales and use, fuel, alcohol, tobacco, and other taxes and collects fees that fund specific state programs and plays a significant role in California property tax assessment and administration. It also acts as the appellate body for corporate franchise and personal income tax appeals.

California Franchise Tax Board (FTB)The department that collects state personal income taxes and bank and corporation taxes for the State of California.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system by insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection, making large and complex financial institutions resolvable, and managing receivership.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) – The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) is one of twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks across the U.S. that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serve as our nation’s central bank. San Francisco is the headquarters for the Twelfth Federal Reserve District, which includes the nine western states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington—plus American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Branch offices are located in Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Seattle, with a cash-processing center in Phoenix.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)The IRS is the U.S. government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement.

United States Department of Commerce – The Department of Commerce works with businesses, universities, communities, and the Nation’s workers to promote job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved standards of living for Americans.

United States Department of Labor – The Department of Labor is responsible for the administration and enforcement of over 180 federal statutes. These legislative mandates and the regulations produced to implement them cover a wide variety of workplace activities for nearly 10 million employers and well over 100 million workers, including protecting workers’ wages, health and safety, employment and pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation programs; strengthening free collective bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics.