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September 27, 2010

Californians paid $33.6 billion in state-local taxes last spring

California's state and local governments collected $33.6 billion in taxes during the second quarter of this year, according to the Census Bureau's latest report on governmental finances.

California's tax collections were 16.6 percent of the national state and local government total of $202.2 billion, a 1.65 percent gain over the second quarter of 2009. It was the third straight quarter of year-to-year gains.

California's sales and personal income tax collections during the quarter were nearly 10 percent higher than the second quarter of 2009, the Census Bureau said, while its corporate income taxes were down nearly 43 percent. The sharp increases in sales and income taxes reflect temporary tax rate increases enacted last year.

With the April 15 income tax filing deadline falling in the quarter, nearly half of California's state-local tax collections were personal income taxes, $15.6 billion, nearly 22 percent of all the state income tax revenues in the nation.

Number-crunchers can find the complete report here.

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlat ... llion.html