Posts by CalTax

18 Mar

Miscellaneous

State Revenue Running $17.5 Billion Ahead of Projections

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

State revenue is running $17.5 billion ahead of projections for the first eight months of the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Department of Fi...

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18 Mar

Legislative Update

Single-Payer Healthcare Would Cost Up to $552 Billion a Year, Analyst Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The government-run “single-payer” healthcare program defeated earlier this year in the Assembly would cost $449 billion to $552 billion...

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11 Mar

CalTax Foundation

More Than $190 Billion in Higher Taxes and Fees Under Consideration by Lawmakers

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

During the first two months of 2022, state lawmakers considered raising annual taxes and fees by more than $190 billion, the California...

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11 Mar

Office of Tax Appeals

OTA Issues First Opinion Decided by Single Judge Under the Small Case Program

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The Office of Tax Appeals posted 30 opinions to its website March 7, including the Appeal of E. Fakhoury – the first posted opinion iss...

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04 Mar

Initiative Update

Coalition Launches Opposition to Plastic Tax That Would Hit Working Families

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

CalTax and others this week launched Stop the Tax on Working Families, a campaign to defeat the flawed tax increase on working families...

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04 Mar

Local Taxes

Sales Tax Increase Proposed in Sacramento County

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

“A group of labor, business, transportation and air quality advocates has kicked off a campaign to put a sales tax increase on the Nove...

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25 Feb

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Los Angeles Spends $600,000 Per Unit on Homeless Housing

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Funds from a voter-approved $1.2 billion bond to address homelessness in Los Angeles are not stretching as far as expected, as the aver...

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25 Feb

Legislature

Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin Is New Chair of Tax Policy Committee

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin is the new chair of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced...

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25 Feb

CalTax

The California Taxpayers Association
Celebrates 96 Years

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The California Taxpayers Association on February 24 celebrated its 96th year of advocating for sound tax policy and government efficien...

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18 Feb

Legislative Update

New Wealth Tax Introduced Just Ahead of Deadline

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Just ahead of the February 18 deadline for introducing bills in the 2021-22 legislative session, Assembly Member Alex Lee reintroduced ...

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