A new corporate tax cut

Pub date May 27, 2009
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

By Tim Redmond

Calitics has the scoop on one of the most insane parts of the budget debate — just as the governor is talking about massive, mind-numbing cuts in public services, the state is about to give a big tax break to large corporations.

Lenny Goldberg, of the California Tax Reform Association, puts it this way:

“This is the gutting of the state corporate tax,” said “In fact, they did it so badly that lawyers are chuckling about the opportunities for tax avoidance.”