Your Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is working to repeal the increase in the gas and car taxes that Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature forced on Californians last year. These tax increases were said to be needed for road repair, but much of the money will instead go to boondoggle spending projects. Californians have been […]
Listen to HJTA President Jon Coupal talk with KABC’s Doug McIntyre about Sacramento’s new plan to make all state taxes a “charitable contribution” that’s deductible on your federal income tax return.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association plans to appeal today‘s decision by the Sacramento Superior Court dismissing their legal challenge against the state’s past collection of a “fire prevention fee” from rural homeowners. “Dismissal of this case was an abuse of discretion and rewards the state for creating delay,” said HJTA’s Director of Legal Affairs, Tim Bittle. […]
A proposed ballot initiative that would expand the portability of property-tax assessments under Proposition 13 has received the backing of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the group that led the successful tax revolt that achieved voter approval of the iconic property-tax limitation measure in 1978. The initiative sponsored by the California Association of Realtors would […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the tax reform bill introduced in the House last week, is the first step in the long overdue effort to create a simpler, fairer tax code that boosts economic growth and job creation. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is closely watching this legislation with a particular focus on its […]
Sacramento – The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced today (31) it is backing a ballot measure that will repeal $5.2 billion in annual gas and car tax increases that take effect November 1st, and requires that future increases be approved by voters. The measure, Voter Approval for Increases in the Gas and Car Tax, has […]
HJTA releases 2017 Legislative Report Card. Sacramento, CA — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has released its 2017 Legislative Report Card grading lawmakers on legislative bills important to taxpayers. The Report Card is a non-partisan tool to help taxpayers hold legislators accountable by tracking their individual votes. A record 79 legislators failed the scorecard while […]
The California Supreme Court ruled today that taxes proposed by special interests using the local initiative process may not have to comply with taxpayer protections set forth in Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, an HJTA sponsored statewide measure approved by California voters in 1996. In response to […]
In just the latest in a series of questionable maneuvers to protect Senator Josh Newman, the target of a recall by his constituents, it has been revealed that a lawyer for Senate Democrats held private meetings and exchanged texts, and phone calls with a member of the Fair Political Practices Commission. These contacts were kept […]
