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California Budget Compromise Tax Changes

1 min readBy: Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Here are some charts about how the California budget compromise will change some key taxes.

Personal Income Tax

Income Levels

Current Rate

New Rate*

>$0

1%

1.05%

>$7,168

2%

2.10%

>$16,994

4%

4.20%

>$26,821

6%

6.30%

>$37,233

8%

8.40%

>$47,055

9.3%

9.77%

>$1,000,000

10.3%

10.82%

*-Increase would be cut in half if state receives more than $9.1 billion in federal stimulus funding.

 

Sales Tax (state and key cities)

City

Current Rate

New Rate

(State Base)

7.25%

8.25%

Los Angeles

8.75%

9.75%

San Diego

7.75%

8.75%

San Jose

8.25%

9.25%

San Francisco

8.50%

9.50%

Long Beach

8.25%

9.25%

Fresno

7.975%

8.975%

Sacramento

7.75%

8.75%

Oakland

8.75%

9.75%

Santa Ana

7.75%

8.75%

Anaheim

7.75%

8.75%

Bakersfield

7.25%

8.25%

Riverside

7.75%

8.75%

South Gate

9.75%

10.75%

 

Vehicle License Tax

Current Rate

New Rate

Statewide

0.65%

1.15%

 

Gasoline Tax

Current Rate

New Rate

Statewide

18¢/gallon

30¢/gallon

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About the Author

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Executive Vice President

Joe Bishop-Henchman is Executive Vice President at the Tax Foundation, where he analyzes state tax trends, constitutional issues, and tax law developments. Joe has testified or presented to officials in 36 states, testified before Congress six times, and has written over 75 major studies on tax policy.