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  2. Economy of California - Wikipedia

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    California property tax rates are ranked 17th highest in the nation [54] having been capped by the Proposition 13 overwhelmingly passed in 1978. Property taxes in California amounted to over $54.0 billion (2011) and are one of the largest taxes in California of which about $12.0 billion of the $54.0 billion collected was for voter approved ...

  3. The Income-tax Act, 1961 - Wikipedia

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    Income Tax Department. The Income-tax Act, 1961 is the charging statute of Income Tax in India. It provides for levy, administration, collection and recovery of Income Tax. The Government of India brought a draft statute called the "Direct Taxes Code" intended to replace the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the Wealth Tax Act, 1957. However the bill ...

  4. Share Our Wealth - Wikipedia

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    His plan was to minimize wealth inequality, via Federal tax and spend policy. An individual's right to wealth would be restricted to: a maximum INHERITANCE of $5 million ($118.6 million in 2024); a maximum annual INCOME of $1 million ($23.72 million in 2024); and an individual's private WEALTH/FORTUNE to $50 million ($1.186 billion in 2024).

  5. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The amendment passed in the Assembly, but was withdrawn from consideration in the Senate. [79] 2020 – Proposition 16; This legislatively referred initiative appeared on the November 2020 ballot and asked California voters whether to repeal 1996's Proposition 209 and reintroduce affirmative action to the state.

  6. California Statehood Act - Wikipedia

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    An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by the 31st Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the 31st state to the Union.

  7. Wealth Tax Act, 1957 - Wikipedia

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    The Wealth Tax Act, 1957 was an Act of the Parliament of India that provides for the levying of wealth tax on an individual, Hindu Undivided Family or company. The wealth tax was levied on the net wealth owned by a person on a valuation date, i.e., 31 March of every year.

  8. CHIPS and Science Act - Wikipedia

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    The CHIPS and Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022. The act authorizes roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, for which it appropriates $52.7 billion.

  9. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Tax payment and wealth requirements for voting in state elections are prohibited by the Supreme Court in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections. [23] The poll tax would remain on the books, unenforceable, until 2020.