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Taxes & Revenue

State taxes represent our collective investment in the services and supports Californians rely on. Yet, while many families struggle, corporations and the wealthy often use legal loopholes to avoid paying their fair share, leaving communities without the resources they need to thrive.

Googleplex in Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, USA - June 12, 2023. The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc.

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Our research reveals how California’s corporate tax system creates inequities and identifies opportunities to build economic security through fair tax policies that allow all Californians to share in the state’s growing prosperity.

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California’s state budget would have received $13.3 billion more revenue in 2018 had corporations paid the same share of their income in taxes that year as they did in 1981.
California’s largest personal income tax deductions mostly benefit high-income Californians, worsening racial inequities.
California has two refundable tax credits, the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) and the Young Child Tax Credit, which boost the incomes of Californians with incomes under $30,000.

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