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California Dems’ Wealth Tax Follows People Who Move Out of the State

August 17, 2020 7:28 amAugust 18, 2020 8:12 am

Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) made an appearance on “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” Friday to discuss his Wealth Tax proposal. Bonta told Cavuto the tax “affects about 0.15% of the California population — not the top 10%, not the top 1%,...

California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax

August 13, 2020 2:24 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:25 pm

On the morning of August 13, Assembly Bill 2088 was gutted-and-amended an elections bill into a wealth tax. AB 2088 is jointly authored by Assembly Members Bonta, Carrillo, Chiu, Gonzalez, Kalra, Santiago, Stone, Ting, and Wicks. Assembly coauthors include Chu...

CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation ‘Wealth Tax’ on State’s Billionaires

August 13, 2020 1:10 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:27 pm

Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta held a press conference Thursday announcing his legislation to tax the state’s wealthiest job creators and innovators – the 30,400 billionaires living and working in California. This first-in-the-nation net worth tax is estimated to generate $7.5...

California’s Tax Agencies

August 8, 2020 7:37 amAugust 9, 2020 8:05 am

California’s tax system actually involves four state departments. And, most Californians do not realize that the EDD is the largest tax collection agency in the state. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview of the tax...

Assembly Bill To Raise Taxes For Higher Income Earners Faces Tough Legislative Votes

August 3, 2020 1:01 pmAugust 4, 2020 8:09 pm

On Monday, a recently amended bill that would increase taxes on small businesses and taxpayers making over $1 million of taxable income a year began it’s month-long fight to be passed and approved by the end of the legislative session...

Jury Rolls Expanded To Include Taxpayers Under Renewed Bill

July 17, 2020 6:27 am

A bill that would expand California county jury rolls to include those who paid Franchise Tax Board (FTB) state taxes received a new push this week following an Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing delay in early July. The expansion of jury...

Overview of Gov. Newsom’s Retroactive ‘Revenue Raising Proposals’ in the May Budget Revise

May 24, 2020 4:01 pmMay 24, 2020 4:09 pm

As part of his May Budget Revision (the “May Revise”), Governor Newsom proposed several “revenue raising solutions.” The Governor’s Department of Finance has just released the proposed budget trailer bill language to implement this revenue raisers. The first proposal is...