Kalifornia: Wealth Tax. Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

[doobie]

If you are in Kalifornia.... and have any money to your name, you might want to get out now....   

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#1344

Summary Date: 08/04/08 Circulation Deadline: 01/02/09 Signatures Required: 694,354
Proponent: Paul McCauley

Imposes one-time tax of at least 55% on property exceeding $20 million of a California resident or held in California by nonresident. Imposes one-time tax (between 36.5% - 54.3%) on income exceeding $10 million when resident dies or leaves California. Imposes additional 17.5% tax on total incomes of taxpayers with income exceeding $150,000 if single, $250,000 if married; 35% if incomes exceed $350,000 if single, $500,000 if married. Creates tax credits. Requires State to acquire shares of specified corporations to influence environmental practices. May exempt new revenues from education funding requirements. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: One-time increase in state revenues potentially in the low hundreds of billions of dollars from imposition of a wealth tax, and ongoing increase in state revenues potentially in the billions of dollars from imposition of the tax on certain people dying or leaving the state. This revenue would be allocated to accomplish various goals related to environmental protection. Potential annual net increase in personal income tax revenues in the tens of billions of dollars annually. The first $7.5 billion annually would be allocated to the state General Fund with additional revenue allocated for environmental protection. Unknown state and local revenue reductions – potentially in the tens of billions of dollars annually – due to changes in taxpayer behavior. (Initiative 08-0012.)

[Porcupine_in_MA]

And folk wonder why the population of California has been dropping these past ten years or so...

[Josh]

Unknown state and local revenue reductions – potentially in the tens of billions of dollars annually – due to changes in taxpayer behavior.

Damn those 'taxpayers' and their 'behavior'

[doobie]

And folk wonder why the population of California has been dropping these past ten years or so...

That is why they need to "exit tax" for people leaving the state.