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Taxes & Revenue

Taxes and revenue represent our shared effort to provide vital public services and supports for Californians and our communities. But while corporations and the wealthy are provided significant advantages, California is not equitably generating enough revenues to help all Californians thrive.

Oakland, California, USA - October 15, 2016: Mixed gender passengers waiting on the platform at MacArthur BART station in Oakland as a train arrives and comes to a halt beside them. The Bay Area Rapid Transport system is designed to alleviate the congestion on the crowded highways on the morning commute to work in the San Francisco area.

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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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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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Chris Hoene
Executive Director
Jonathan Kaplan
Senior Policy Analyst
Kayla Kitson
Senior Policy Analyst

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