Posts by California Taxpayers

18 Feb

State Budget

Revenue for Current Fiscal Year Beats Expectations by $16 Billion

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

The state collected nearly $16 billion more revenue than expected during the first seven months of the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Departm...

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11 Feb

California's Competitiveness

CalTax Cosponsors Sales Tax Exemption Legislation to Spur Growth in Manufacturing

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

Assembly Member Tim Grayson introduced legislation February 10 to eliminate the sales tax on most purchases of manufacturing equipment ...

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11 Feb

Legislative Update, Legislature, State Legislature

Senator Caballero Is New Tax Policy Committee Chair

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

Senator Anna Caballero, a Democrat who represents a district in Merced, has been named chair of the Senate Governance and Finance Commi...

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11 Feb

Office of Tax Appeals

February Opinions Include One Precedential Case

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

The Office of Tax Appeals released 30 opinions February 7, including one pending precedential opinion upholding the Franchise Tax Board...

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04 Feb

Legislative Update

Single-Payer Healthcare Bill Is Withdrawn Due to Opposition

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

The Assembly was poised to vote January 31 on AB 1400 (Kalra), a bill proposing a government-run healthcare program that would cost tax...

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04 Feb

California's Competitiveness

Green Tech Firm Moves HQ and R&D Center Out of California

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

Hyperion, a hydrogen-electric tech and transportation company, announced this week that it is relocating its headquarters from Southern...

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28 Jan

California's Competitiveness

Bay Area Grocery Stores Closing Due to High Costs

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

West Sacramento-based Raley's this week disclosed plans to close two of its Nob Hill Foods locations in the Bay Area, saying the stores...

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28 Jan

Commentary

Californians Can’t Afford the Largest Tax Hike in State History

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

By CalTax President Robert Gutierrez (This column was published January 25 in the Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, Rive...

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21 Jan

Legislative Update

Single-Payer Healthcare Bill Advances as Deadline Looms

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

The Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 11-3 on January 20 to approve AB 1400 (Kalra), proposing a government-run healthcare progra...

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21 Jan

State Budget

Lawmakers Begin Budget Hearings

• August 8, 2023
• By California Taxpayers

The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee held a two-hour hearing January 19 to get an overview of the governor’s budget proposal f...

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