Posts by CalTax

02 May

CDTFA

CDTFA Releases Gas and Diesel Fuel Sales Tax Rates, but Excise Tax Rates to Be Announced Separately

• May 2, 2025
• By CalTax

The sales and use tax rates on gasoline, diesel fuel, and aircraft jet fuel will remain unchanged (at 2.25 percent, 13 percent, and 7.2...

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25 Apr

Property Tax Revenue, Proposition 13, State Board of Equalization

California Property Tax Revenue Increased $8.9 Billion in 2024, BOE Reports

• April 25, 2025
• By CalTax

California property tax revenue increased 7.1 percent from locally assessed property and 13 percent from state-assessed property in 202...

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29 Mar

California's Competitiveness, Employment Development Department, Unemployment Insurance

California’s Unemployment Rate Highest in the Nation as Job Losses Mount

• March 29, 2024
• By CalTax

California’s unemployment rate is the highest in the nation at 5.3 percent, with businesses reporting 3,400 job losses in February. Add...

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08 Mar

California Taxes, Election Results, Local Tax Elections

Voters Approved 38 of 79 Local Tax and Bond Measures, With Another 21 Still Too Close to Call

• March 15, 2024
• By CalTax

California voters approved 38 of the 79 local tax and bond measures on the March 5 ballot, while another 21 are too close to call based...

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23 Feb

California Taxes, Public Opinion Poll, Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Poll Finds 91 Percent of Californians Believe State Government Wastes Tax Dollars

• February 23, 2024
• By CalTax

Asked if they think “the people in the state government waste a lot of the money we pay in taxes,” 91 percent of Californians said they...

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09 Feb

California Taxes, Legislative Update

Lawmaker Revives Effort to Create Single-Payer Healthcare Program in California

• February 9, 2024
• By CalTax

Assembly Member Ash Kalra announced February 7 that he is reviving his effort to create a single-payer healthcare program in California...

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05 Jan

Year in Review

Budget Deficit and High Cost of Living Threatened California’s Prosperity in 2023

• January 5, 2024
• By CalTax

The past year will be remembered for the unraveling of the state budget after years of major spending growth, coupled with growing conc...

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15 Dec

Courts

Court Schedules February Hearing in Suit Over CDTFA’s Refusal to Issue Refund Ordered by the OTA

• December 15, 2023
• By CalTax

With a February 9 hearing scheduled by the Sacramento County Superior Court in a taxpayer’s suit challenging the California Department ...

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06 Oct

CDTFA

Taxpayers Object to CDTFA’s Lack of Transparency and Other Problems During Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Hearing

• October 6, 2023
• By CalTax

Taxpayers appeared at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights hearing September 28 to voice...

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01 Sep

Local Taxes

Voters in Monterey County Fire District Approve Parcel Tax That Will Cost One Taxpayer $27,700 Per Year

• September 6, 2023
• By CalTax

In a special election that concluded August 29, voters in the Santa Lucia Community Services District in Monterey County approved a par...

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