California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is a state agency responsible for administering sales, use, and various special taxes and fees in California.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1404302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Context triple: [California State Agencies, include, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration]
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A.
California Department of Finance
The California Department of Finance is a state agency responsible for preparing the governor’s budget, analyzing fiscal policy, and overseeing the financial management of California’s government.
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B.
Department of Revenue
The Department of Revenue is the Indian government ministry responsible for formulating and administering tax policies, laws, and revenue collection at the national level.
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C.
Georgia Department of Revenue
The Georgia Department of Revenue is the state agency responsible for administering tax laws, collecting state revenues, and overseeing related regulatory functions in Georgia.
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D.
California Department of General Services
The California Department of General Services is a state agency that provides centralized business, facility, and administrative support services to California’s government departments and agencies.
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E.
Servicio de Administración Tributaria
El Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) es la autoridad fiscal de México encargada de la recaudación de impuestos federales, la fiscalización de contribuyentes y la administración aduanera del país.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Target entity description: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is a state agency responsible for administering sales, use, and various special taxes and fees in California.
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A.
California Department of Finance
The California Department of Finance is a state agency responsible for preparing the governor’s budget, analyzing fiscal policy, and overseeing the financial management of California’s government.
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B.
Department of Revenue
The Department of Revenue is the Indian government ministry responsible for formulating and administering tax policies, laws, and revenue collection at the national level.
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C.
Georgia Department of Revenue
The Georgia Department of Revenue is the state agency responsible for administering tax laws, collecting state revenues, and overseeing related regulatory functions in Georgia.
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D.
California Department of General Services
The California Department of General Services is a state agency that provides centralized business, facility, and administrative support services to California’s government departments and agencies.
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E.
Servicio de Administración Tributaria
El Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) es la autoridad fiscal de México encargada de la recaudación de impuestos federales, la fiscalización de contribuyentes y la administración aduanera del país.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state government agency
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tax administration agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employs |
administrative staff
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tax auditors ⓘ tax compliance specialists ⓘ |
| follows | California state law ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| hasDuties |
administration of alcoholic beverage tax programs assigned to it
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administration of cannabis taxes ⓘ administration of certain fuel taxes ⓘ administration of environmental fees ⓘ administration of insurance tax programs assigned to it ⓘ administration of sales and use taxes in California ⓘ administration of tobacco taxes ⓘ administration of various special taxes and fees in California ⓘ audit and compliance activities related to state taxes and fees ⓘ collection of taxes and fees for the State of California ⓘ processing of tax returns and payments ⓘ taxpayer education and outreach ⓘ |
| hasOffice | field offices throughout California ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Sacramento, California
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linked to:
Sacramento
|
| inception | 2017 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | executive branch of the Government of California ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Sacramento County, California
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linked to:
Sacramento County
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| officialName | California Department of Tax and Fee Administration ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| parentAgency | California Government Operations Agency ⓘ |
| regulates |
businesses liable for California sales and use tax
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businesses liable for California special taxes and fees ⓘ |
| replaced |
State Board of Equalization (administrative functions)
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linked to:
California State Board of Equalization
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| replaces | administrative tax functions of the California State Board of Equalization ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | CDTFA ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Government of California ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole |
administrator of special tax and fee programs in California
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tax collection authority for California sales and use tax ⓘ |
| subjectOf | California tax regulations and guidance publications ⓘ |
| uses |
electronic filing systems for tax returns
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online payment systems for taxes and fees ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Description of subject: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is a state agency responsible for administering sales, use, and various special taxes and fees in California.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
→
officialName
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
ⓘ
linked to: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
California Board of Equalization
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historicalFunctionTransferredTo
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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California Board of Equalization
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parentAgencyAfter2017ForMostTaxPrograms
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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California State Board of Equalization
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after
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California Department of Tax and Fee Administration assumes most sales and use tax functions in 2017
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linked to: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
California Revenue and Taxation Code
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administeredBy
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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California Revenue and Taxation Code
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enforcedBy
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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California Board of Equalization
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afterReformMostTaxFunctionsTransferredTo
→
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
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subject linked to:
BOE