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How Much Are California's Temporary Taxes Costing You Now?
Contents3 Tax Extensions Dems Want on the Ballot:1. Income Tax Surcharge2. Vehicle License Fee3. Six Percent Sales Tax Extension (instead of 5%)The grand total...A woman rushes to mail her tax returns...
View ArticleAnalysis: Poll Shows Support for Putting Taxes on Ballot, Public Pension...
Two big headlines out of a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll: Californians have undergone a major turnaround on filling the remaining budget gap with tax extensions, as opposed to more spending cuts....
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California's Stem Cell Agency Ponders Its Future in Light of Budget Woes
A donated human embryo is seen through a microscope at the La Jolla IVF Clinic February 28, 2007 in La Jolla, California. The clinic accepts donated embryos from around the country through The Stem...
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California Tax Ruling Comes Too Late For Most Filers
Casey Serin/Flickr Sometimes it pays to procrastinate. In a surprise gift to taxpayers, the State of California office that collects taxes announced Friday that most kinds of property tax are fully...
View ArticleA.M. Splash: Plastic Bag Ban Starts in SF; More Rich Live in High-Tax States;...
Expanded plastic bag ban takes effect Monday (SF Chronicle) There’s one more thing San Franciscans need to add to their shopping list or pay up- a reusable bag. On Monday, the city’s checkout...
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Budget Deal Could Slow Calif. Economy
Congress may have pulled the nation back from a fiscal cliff this week, but the budget deal could still slow California’s economic recovery in the short term, according to an economist who specializes...
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Where You Can Mail Your Taxes in Late in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mark Ralston/Getty Images (Bay City News Service) A handful of Bay Area post offices will stay open late today to allow last-minute tax filers to turn in their paperwork. The tax day lines at most post...
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CEO Defends Apple's Tax Maneuvers
by Marcy Gordon and Peter Svensson, AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dragged massively profitable Apple Inc. into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over...
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Election 2013: Guide to San Mateo County Measures P to X
File photo. (David McNew/Getty Images) It’s all about public funding in San Mateo County. Residents will decide whether to reopen several schools, pass a parcel tax and expand the utility bill. Find...
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State, Cities Still Wrangling Over Billions in Redevelopment Money
Attorney Leah Castella and Brentwood City Manager Paul Eldredge chat in front of Brentwood’s Community Center. (Cyrus Musiker/KQED) Walk down First Street in Brentwood, a farm and bedroom community 55...
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San Francisco Hotel Tax May Be Just the Beginning of Regulation for Airbnb
An Airbnb guide in San Francisco. (Effie Yang/Flickr) The short-term rental company Airbnb made waves when it announced that it will start collecting San Francisco’s 14 percent hotel tax from its...
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Berkeley Community Survey Shows Tepid Support For Ballot Measures
By Lance Knobel Berkeleyside Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at the Berkeley City Council in March. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside) A second-round survey of likely voters in...
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How Much Are California’s Temporary Taxes Costing You Now?
A woman rushes to mail her tax returns before the last mail collection at a mailbox on the US Tax Day in Los Angeles on April 15, 2010. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) Ben Franklin said, “In this world...
View ArticleAnalysis: Poll Shows Support for Putting Taxes on Ballot, Public Pension...
Two big headlines out of a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll: Californians have undergone a major turnaround on filling the remaining budget gap with tax extensions, as opposed to more spending cuts....
View ArticleWhy Obamacare Means One of the Most Complicated Tax Seasons Ever
This is the first year people without health insurance could face big penalties. (Getty Images) By April Dembosky Most days in early January, tax preparation offices are dead. Most people won’t get...
View ArticleCalifornia Tries to Balance Transportation Needs, Goals for Environment
SACRAMENTO — As state legislatures across the nation grapple with declining funding to maintain roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure, California lawmakers are confronting the...
View ArticleApril Taxes Hated Everywhere … Except Sacramento
It has become an annual ritual in Sacramento: watching the daily tally from millions of taxpayers handing over their cash, a tally that largely sets the course for many of the year’s political and...
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As Gig Workers, Uber and Lyft Drivers Struggle With Taxes
Taxes have always been pretty easy for Enrique. He received W-2s, did the calculations himself and usually got a nice return. Then last year all that changed, after he signed up to drive for Lyft and...
View ArticleIf You Think California’s Struggling, New Poll Says You’re Not Alone
Maybe it’s the weeks and months of headlines chronicling the ever-worsening drought. Or perhaps it’s the dichotomy of a shrinking unemployment rate but a growing sense of income inequality. Heck, it...
View ArticleBill Would Exempt Tampons and Pads From Sales Tax in California
Tampons and maxi pads might not be the biggest monthly expense women face. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia says the average cost is about $7 a month. But the Los Angeles-area Democrat says those costs...
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