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Our work highlights how the state’s tax system remains unjust and points to opportunities to promote equity and economic security through tax policies that ensure all Californians can share in our state’s prosperity.
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A California For All Requires Fair Taxation
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An Equitable California Starts with Fairer Taxation
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State Corporate Taxes Are a Tiny Share of Total Corporate Expenses
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Less Than 2% of State Tax Breaks Go to Californians with Low Incomes
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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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