Posts by CalTax

22 Jan

State Budget

December’s State Tax Revenue Was $3 Billion Higher Than Projected

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Revenue from the state government’s three largest taxes beat budget projections by $3 billion (21 percent) for the month of December, t...

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22 Jan

In Memory

Longtime Taxpayer Advocate Reed Royalty Passes Away

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Longtime taxpayer advocate Reed Royalty, founding chief executive officer and former president of the Orange County Taxpayers Associati...

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15 Jan

Legislature

Lawmakers Hold First Floor Sessions of the Year, Propose $2.4 Billion Tax Increase on Businesses

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

A group of lawmakers proposed a $2.4 billion-a-year tax increase on businesses January 12, just one day after the...

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15 Jan

California's Competitiveness

San Jose Mayor ‘Seriously Concerned’ About State’s Future

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said January 12 he is “seriously concerned” about California’s future because of the ...

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08 Jan

State Budget

Newsom Proposes $227 Billion Budget With Continuation of Business Tax Hike

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

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08 Jan

Miscellaneous

Property Sales Are Strong Despite Pandemic, Newspaper Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

In news that likely will be welcomed by local property tax collectors, the San Jose Mercury News studied data fro...

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18 Dec

California's Competitiveness

Oracle Moving Headquarters to Texas

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Business software and services company Oracle is moving its corporate headquarters from the Silicon Valley area t...

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18 Dec

Election Results, Elections, Local Taxes

Final Results Show 197 Local Taxes and Bonds Passed in November

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

With results now certified in the record-turnout November election, 197 of 260 local tax and bond measures were a...

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04 Dec

Property Tax, Proposition 13

Voters Continue to Overwhelmingly Support Proposition 13, Poll Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

California voters continue to overwhelmingly support Proposition 13, the 1978 property tax limitation initiative, and would approve it ...

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04 Dec

California's Competitiveness

More Employers Moving to Lower-Tax States

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Several California-based employers – including one of the Silicon Valley’s founding companies – recently announced plans to move operat...

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