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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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Less Than 2% of State Tax Breaks Go to Californians with Low Incomes
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Corporate Tax Breaks Hurt Californians
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Corporations Pay Far Less of Their California Income in State Taxes than a Generation Ago
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Q&A: What Would a Windfall Profits Tax Mean for California?
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Corporations Pay Far Less of Their California Income in State Taxes than a Generation Ago
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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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