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The Kern County Board of Supervisors got a financial breakdown Tuesday of the struggles facing Kern County and the need for a one percent sales tax increase to fund services in unincorporated areas.
Meanwhile, Kern is the only county in the state opposing state legislation, Senate Bill 1340, that would extend the solar property tax exemption past 2024 while, as a compromise, charging ...
Nov. 6—Sitting in the audience listening to Gov. Gavin Newsom late last month at the California Economic Summit in downtown Bakersfield, Kern County Chief Administrative Officer Ryan Alsop ...
Sales tax rates have also increased from 6% (pre-Proposition 13 level) to 7.25% and higher in some local jurisdictions. [58] In 1991, the Supreme Court of California ruled in Rider v. County of San Diego that a San Diego County sales tax to fund jail and courthouse construction was unconstitutional. The court ruled that because the tax money ...
Under the Bradley-Burns law, local jurisdictions can adopt a uniform local sales and use tax rate of up to 1% based on the price of property sold at retail. [1] This 1% is typically broken down as follows: [4] 0.75% goes to the city where the sale occurs (or to the county if the sale occurs in an unincorporated area)
The Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) is an agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the county of Kern, California, USA. Over 625 permanent employees and 100 extra help employees protect an area which spans over 8,000 square miles (21,000 km 2 ).
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.
Jul. 10—In a partial resolution to one of Kern's biggest money disputes with Sacramento, county government has put a system in place that helps make up revenue the county misses out on because ...