Category: taxes
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Repeal the Death Tax initiative has been filed with the Attorney General; Public comments accepted through July 17
By Jon Coupal – July 6, 2023 We have officially filed the Repeal the Death Tax initiative with the Attorney General’s office and the public comment period is open! You can tell the Attorney General, “I support Initiative 23-0005.” This important initiative will restore the ability of parents to transfer their home and a limited…
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CALIFORNIA DEMS RAISE GAS TAX – AGAIN!
Commentary and Opinion By Donna Westfall – July 1, 2023 As if gas prices weren’t high enough already in California… As of TODAY, gas taxes in California will increase by 8%! It’s never been clearer – Democrats don’t care about the thousands of Californians already struggling to make ends meet. In fact, they even REJECTED…
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEFY PUBLIC DUE PROCESS
By Investigative Reporter, Linda Sutter – June 28, 2023 The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors (BOS) held a meeting this morning while everyone was at work. The meeting was to raise your property taxes through the sewer user fee. It was brought to the attention of the board members that people had not received…
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Update on Elected Property Tax Board
By Jon Coupal – June 23, 2023 Congratulations, you did it! HJTA members called and ACA 11 was pulled from the agenda for Monday’s committee hearing We’re pleased to tell you that we were notified Friday afternoon that ACA 11, the proposed constitutional amendment that aims to kill off California’s elected tax board and put…
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WASTED TAX DOLLARS: HOWARD JARVIS TAX ASSOCIATION FOLLOWS THE MONEY
June 24, 2023 Albert Einstein famously said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Although it includes numerous examples where our government has failed, “Follow the Money” is not a report that is intended simply to criticize or find fault. The purpose is to…
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Action Alert: Call the Capitol now to stop Sacramento’s takeover of your elected property tax board
By Jon Coupal – June 22, 2023 Some Sacramento politicians are trying to kill off California’s elected tax board, which oversees property tax administration and answers to the voters. These politicians have introduced ACA 11, a constitutional amendment that would abolish the elected Board of Equalization and transfer its responsibilities to unelected bureaucrats in the California…
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June 15th Deadline To Fight More State Tax Hikes
By Carl DeMaio – June 10, 2023 Did you review the list below of costly and unfair tax hikes state politicians are looking at imposing on you? June 15 is the deadline for passage of these tax hikes, and we still need your help ASAP to fight them! Not only are we fighting to keep ALL…
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California’s shakedown government expands under Gavin Newsom
By Jon Coupal – originally published March 31, 2023 If you thought Governor Gavin Newsom’s new gas tax, SBX1-2, was about punishing big, bad oil companies, it’s not. It’s actually about much more – and none of it is good news for taxpayers. For those who weren’t paying attention last week, SBX1-2 was Newsom’s attack…
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Update on “Repeal the Death Tax” initiative
By Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – June 1, 2023 Signature collection will begin in a couple of months The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is finalizing the language of the new initiative to “Repeal the Death Tax.” It will restore the ability of parents and children (and sometimes grandparents and grandchildren) to transfer property to each other without…
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HJTA announces initiative to “Repeal the Death Tax”
By Jon Coupal – May 10, 2023 The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California’s leading taxpayer advocacy group, will go forward with an initiative to restore the right of parents to transfer their home and limited other property to their children without reassessment to market value. The announcement follows the 3-4 vote in the Senate Governance…