By Sylvia Chan, Tax Senior
There has been much discussion about restructuring the California Tax System. Currently, California relies significantly on personal income tax collection to fund its state expenditures. Tax revenue based on personal income relies heavily on the unpredictability of capital gains which makes it impossible to forecast the state’s future revenue. This puts California in a very vulnerable situation should the stock market collapse, creating an abrupt shortfall in the State budget. Most people would agree that the California tax system is outdated, unfair, unreliable and long overdue for tax reform. (more…)