More California state income tax withheld from your paycheck co...

Boo! This is no trick and it's not much of a treat. Effective Sunday, expect less of a paycheck.

[darren]

that's so stinkin lame! they have nothin better to do so they have to jack up the state tax now!

[shawn]

this isn't too bad, actually i think it's pretty good! at least everybody gets treated fairly and equitably under this system. usually the harder you work the more you get screwed. the only problem i feel is that it targets those that work while those that don't escape sharing the burden. sorry, the only fair system is a consumption tax in my opinion.

[dave]

Ryan Carter must be a product of the current California schools. His statement that withholding will rise up to 10% is incorrect mathematically.$3.41 of a $34,000 pay check is .01%. So your individual making $34,000 annual or $2,835 monthly would see 28 cents (.28) additional removed from their paycheck per month. Less than a Starbucks, less than a candy bar, less than a first class postage stamp.
Not that it is right for the state to keep "taxing" us, but let's get facts correct. and where's his editors?

[bill]

and the stupid politicians will STILL say they have no money and the dumber voters will still vote democratic or re-elect the same jerks taking our money. esp. college people, who dont know anytthing will vote for more of this ...that and hollywood celebs and other libs who have inherited thier money will just vote for more of this. OK everybody else, get your A&% back to work to pay for these great leaders careers

[Jim]

Not a tax increase? What kind of math is this idiot using? That is all this state knows how to do. TAX TAX TAX and run business out of the state. The sad thing is the sheople continue to put up with this (insert your favorite word here).

[Dont Be Stupid]

If you see the word incumbant on a ballot, do not vote for that name. They have all screwed us, and are smug about it.

[True Freedom]

Jim wrote:

Not a tax increase? What kind of math is this idiot using? That is all this state knows how to do. TAX TAX TAX and run business out of the state. The sad thing is the sheople continue to put up with this (insert your favorite word here).

Actually, it's not a tax increase. If you owe $10,000 per year in state tax, that will remain unchanged. All they are doing is collecting more withholding earlier.

The reason there is witholding in the first place is so that people don't have to fork over the full $10K on April 15. Instead, they fork it over a little at a time over the previous year..it's withheld. By the state having this money well in advance of April 15, the state can spend it, collect interest on it, invest it or whatever.

Now, they'll just be witholding more, earlier.. so that they have their grubby hands on it for longer. However, your total tax bill at the end of the year will remain the same.

[True Freedom]

dave wrote:

Ryan Carter must be a product of the current California schools. His statement that withholding will rise up to 10% is incorrect mathematically.$3.41 of a $34,000 pay check is .01%. So your individual making $34,000 annual or $2,835 monthly would see 28 cents (.28) additional removed from their paycheck per month. Less than a Starbucks, less than a candy bar, less than a first class postage stamp.
Not that it is right for the state to keep "taxing" us, but let's get facts correct. and where's his editors?

The article stated that $3.41 was the weekly increase in withholding for someone making $63,000 who was married with two dependants.

Also, the 10% increase in over what was previously withheld, not 10% of your income.

I don't have the charts in front of me, but someone making $63K gets approx $1211/week. Having $34.10 currently withheld per week is roughly 2.8% of the income, which sounds about right. Increasing that by 10%(or $3.41/week) means the witholding goes up to $37.51/week.

So, it sounds about right.

[Democracy]

This is only the beginning... as if the sales tax increase wasn't enough.

DUMP ALL INCUMBENTS!!

Oh, and why does this website have so many STUPID POPUPS? Lame.

[Martina McSorley]

If you are smart, you will take a look at last tax year's IOU fiesta and reduce your withholding so that the state does not end up owing you money. That was disgraceful.

[Wisest of All]

Deort ALL Illegal aliens and Democrats,, it is the only salvation we have

[joe]

This is B.S. They should take a 75% paycut and eliminate welfare before taking more money from the people who actually work for a living. People are struggling to get by as it is and they think they can just keep taking from us. We should just drag these inept politicians out in the street, tar and feather them and run them out of the country.

[Tyrone]

Goody! Goody! Gumdrop! Way to go Liberal hack. Once again this article uses the term legislature when it should say: Legislative Dimocrats. They have to protect their own.

[Border Backer]

Wisest of All wrote:

Deort ALL Illegal aliens and Democrats,, it is the only salvation we have

Just deport the people who can't spell correctly.

[DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS]

Pay the illegals $2.50 an hour to finish building the wall then once it's completed toss their illegal rear ends back over the damn wall.

[Are U Kidding]

SURE the ones that cant get a decrease from their paycheck and free health benefits are the ones taxing the great people of California to death. Regardless of amount, its shameful to tax citizens more out of the pockets because theyre the ones that made the bad decisions so we pay for it. EFF them!

[Wisest of All]

let start with Border Packer,,,,change the last name to PACKER,, you pack right???? LOL

[Ugh]

Border Backer wrote:

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Just deport the people who can't spell correctly.

I agree!

[This is called]

An interest-free loan. Don't worry, though. They'll give you your money back in 2025!

[ANCHOR BABY]

HAHAHA THIS IS GREAT.MORE MONEY FOR MY PEOPLE!!