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Miscellaneous Taxes & Fees

• Blank Check Initiative is a Cynical Trick. (Summer '03)
  By Larry McCarthy
• Changing the Rules in Midstream: The Franchise Tax Board and Regulated Investment Companies. (Dec. '02)
  By Greg Turner
• Who Profits by Far the Most From Cigarettes? Government.
  (Oct. '02)
  By Tommy J. Payne
• 2002 California Budget Enacts Tax Law Changes. (Sept. '02)
  By Chris Micheli
• The Dangers of Temporary Tax Increases. (July '02)
  By David R. Doerr
• The AB 1493 Sneak Attack Violated the Legislative Process at the Future Expense of California Motorists. (July '02)
  By Larry McCarthy
• A Greenhouse Trapdoor Built Into AB 1058. (May '02)
  By Larry McCarthy and Allan Zaremberg
• Tax Threats: Spending Lobby Pushes Array of New or Higher Levies. (Apr. '02)
  By The Cal-Tax Staff
• Pledging a Business-Friendly California. (Feb. '02)
  By Richard Riordan
• State Tax Policies Need Fundamental Reform. (Feb. '02)
  By Bill Simon
• Assembly Approves Broadly Supported ABC Fees Bill (July '01)
  By The Cal-Tax Staff
• Stiff Tobacco Taxes Inspire Flourishing Black Market in Cigarettes (June '01)
  By James P. Sweeney
• State Eyes Use-Based Road Taxes (Apr. '01)
  By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
• The Role of Tax Incentives (Feb. '01)
  By Chris Micheli, David R. Doerr and Fred Main
• BOE Chair-elect Claude Parrish Q&A (Dec.'00)
• Significant California Tax Developments in 2000 (Dec.'00)
  By David R. Doerr and Chris Micheli
• 1999: A Mixed Bag Legislative Season (Nov. 99)
  By Greg Turner
• Talking About Taxes (June '99)
  By Charles F. Rund
• Legislature Passes Tax-Cutting Budget (Sept. '98)
  by Ron Roach
• VLF Debate: Junking the Car Tax (July '98)
  By Tom McClintock
• VLF Debate: Good News, Bad News (July '98)
  By Antonio R. Villaraigosa
• Repeal the Unfair Newspaper Tax (July '98)
• The Majority-Vote Tax Loophole (June '98)
  By Stephen Kroes
• Fees Are a Large Part of "Tax" Burden (June '98)
  By Stephen Kroes
• "Car Tax" Revolt has Familiar Ring of Taxpayer Appeal (May '98)
  By David R. Doerr
• Court Upholds Lead Paint Fees (Sept. '97)
  By Ron Roach
• Sinclair Paint Company v. State Board of Equalization
  California Supreme Court Decision
  This decision unleashes government's power to use fees in lieu of taxes.
• Cal-Tax Urges Court to Uphold Sinclair Verdict (May '97)
• Street Trenching Fees: Disguised Taxes (Apr. '96)
  By Larry McCarthy
• Gasoline Taxes and Transportation Funding (Oct. '95)
  A brief comparison of California gasoline taxation and transportation spending to other states.
• Question: To Fee or Not to Fee (Oct. '95)
  By Larry McCarthy