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Walters: Biden’s Tax Plan Could Hit California Hard

April 28, 2021

A cosmic convergence of events in Washington and Sacramento last week demonstrated how strongly federal and state tax systems are interconnected. President Joe Biden, it was revealed, will ask Congress this week to nearly double taxes on capital gains of th...

Walters : Would Fed Change Make Higher State Taxes More Likely?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

April 7, 2021

California has long held the dubious honor of having the nation’s highest income tax rates — 13.3% for those at the very top of the income ladder. However, New York is coming closer to California. Its govern...

Will Biden Give Californians Some Tax Relief?

AP News

April 5, 2021

Seven Democratic governors called on President Joe Biden to lift the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions Friday that was a part of former President Donald Trump's massive 2017 tax law, arguing the “as...

This Is Not the Time to Propose More Tax Increases

CalMatters

October 3, 2020

This is a year most Californians would like to forget. Plans have been scrapped, the new “normal” is anything but normal, and we all know a coffee shop, deli, bar or restaurant that has closed permanently or may not survive the next six months. With 2.5 mil...

NY Times: Trump Paid $750 in US Income Taxes in 2016, 2017

AP News

September 28, 2020

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump, who has fiercely guar...

Walters: Supreme Court Makes Local Tax Hikes Easier

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 14, 2020

In a roundabout, passive way, the California Supreme Court last week handed a big victory to the advocates of higher taxes. Without comment, the justices declined to take up a state appellate court decision ...

Photo of a voter and a ballot box in Seattle

Walters: Misusing Taxpayer Dollars for Campaigns

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

August 16, 2020

Four of the 12 measures on California’s November ballot were placed there by the Legislature. Let’s assume that legislators had also appropriated $100 million in taxpayers’ money for campaigns to persuade voters to approve the four. It would have been an ou...

Photo of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Walters: Becerra Slants Two Ballot Measure Titles

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 27, 2020

California’s attorneys general, the state’s top legal officers, have developed a bad habit in recent years — skewing the official titles of ballot measures. Since all have been Democrats for the past two dec...

Walters: Appeals Court Makes Tax Increases Easier

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 23, 2020

The March primary election was rough on advocates of new taxes. Hundreds of tax hikes — sales and parcel taxes, mostly — were placed on the ballot by cities, counties and school districts whose finances were...

Bill Would Add Taxpayers to List for Juries in California

AP News

July 16, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Paying taxes in California could make you eligible for jury duty under a proposal backed by some prominent state lawmakers on Wednesday who worry the people deciding criminal and civil cases are “wealthier and whiter” than the population. Peopl...

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Walters: Biden’s Tax Plan Could Hit California Hard

Walters : Would Fed Change Make Higher State Taxes More Likely?

Will Biden Give Californians Some Tax Relief?

This Is Not the Time to Propose More Tax Increases

NY Times: Trump Paid $750 in US Income Taxes in 2016, 2017

Walters: Supreme Court Makes Local Tax Hikes Easier

Walters: Misusing Taxpayer Dollars for Campaigns

Walters: Becerra Slants Two Ballot Measure Titles

Walters: Appeals Court Makes Tax Increases Easier

Bill Would Add Taxpayers to List for Juries in California

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