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Measure R was a ballot measure during the November 2008 elections in Los Angeles County, California, that proposed a half-cent sales taxes increase on each dollar of taxable sales (originating in or made from Los Angeles County) for thirty years in order to pay for transportation projects and improvements.
At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, [8] which can total up to 10.75% with local sales taxes included. [9]Sales and use taxes in California (state and local) are collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, whereas income and franchise taxes are collected by the Franchise Tax Board.
On April 1, 2009, the state sales and use tax was temporarily increased by one percentage point. [12] The state had been selling bank-guaranteed short-term notes to get cash, but in June 2009 its credit rating was lowered. [11]
On November 4, 2008, voters in King County (Seattle) approved a 0.5% increase in the sales tax. Taxes within the city were increased to 9.5% on retail purchases. This increase was supposed to be effective 1 January 2009, but was pushed back until April 2009. (For the first quarter of 2009, the tax rate in Seattle was 9%.)
California Sales Tax. Sales tax is a tax that consumers pay when purchasing goods or services. California has a statewide base rate, which is currently 7.25% on all purchases made within the state ...
Measure A would raise the sales tax in Sacramento County for the next 40 years.
If Measure A passes, total sales tax in the city of Sacramento would be 9.25%. Measure E, for the city of Elk Grove, would indefinitely raise sales tax by 1% to 8.75%. If both Measure A and ...
California has a state sales tax of 8.25%, which can total up to 10.75% with local sales tax included. [3] All real property is taxable annually, the tax based on the property's fair market value at the time of purchase or completion of new construction. Property tax increases are capped at 2% per year (see Proposition 13).