CalTax Foundation

In the opening months of the 2023-24 legislative session, state lawmakers proposed raising annual taxes and fees more than $185.6 billion, the California Tax Foundation reported March 16. The foundation’s Tax and Fee Report tallies 38 proposals with higher taxes or fees. With fiscal estimates still being prepared, the cost to taxpayers has been quantified for only seven of the measures so far, for a cumulative total of $185.6 billion a year in additional taxes if all were approved. The state’s…

During the first two months of 2022, state lawmakers considered raising annual taxes and fees by more than $190 billion, the California Tax Foundation reported March 10. “The tax and fee proposals were introduced despite the state’s reserves of more than $34.6 billion, a windfall of unexpected tax revenue (nearly $16 billion above projections during the first seven months of the 2021‑22 fiscal year alone), and a projected surplus of $45.7 billion,” the report notes. The foundation’s Tax and Fee Report tallies…

Voters approved 1,359 of the 1,956 local tax measures on the ballot in California from 2010 to 2020, representing a cumulative tax increase of more than $8.82 billion per year, the California Tax Foundation reported August 31. The nonpartisan foundation released “Local Tax Trends in California: A Survey of Ballot Measure Elections From 2010-2020,” which details the passage rates of sales tax measures, parcel taxes, hotel taxes, and more. In California, local taxes require voter approval – either by a simple majority…