Taxes and fees impact our lives daily and are often in the news. In this section, you will find
recent news articles covering taxpayer issues from around Orange County and across the state.

If you would like to read OCTax News Alerts sent to members from Reed Royalty,
OCTax president, click on the OCTax News Alert tab located on the right.

 

News Update - August 26th, 2010

Starting tomorrow----"You Work 'Til August 27th For the Government..."

Check out this article from OCRegister Reporter Jan Norman to read more.

News Update - July 30th, 2010
NBC Nightly News - The Fleecing of America
Report on the City of Bell Featuring Californians For Pension Reform.

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News Update - July 28th, 2010


News Update - July 22st, 2010

News Update - July 12th, 2010

News Update -July 9th, 2010

Taxpayer News - July 6th, 2010

Taxpayer News - June, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger discusses the crisis in the public pension system.

Taxpayer News - May 2010
1000 Pennies
How much is the $100 million dollars in budget cuts compared to the federal budget as a whole? This video imagines
the budget as $100 in pennies to provide the answer.

THE FLASHREPORT
PROP. 14 “TOP TWO” PRIMARY WILL LEAD TO HIGHER TAXES
By Reed Royalty, President, Orange County Taxpayers Association
To understand arguments for and against, let’s define Proposition 14.
It would create a “top two” primary election for state and Congressional offices.

California's $500-billion pension time bomb
By David Crane, Los Angeles Times
The staggering amount of unfunded debt stands to crowd out funding for many
popular programs. Reform will take something sadly lacking in the Legislature:
political courage.

Taxpayer News - April 2010

California Legislature approves tax break for people in ...

Los Angeles Times - Patrick McGreevy - 4 days ago

The businesses also said California's tax penalties were already tougher than
those in other states. Wolk said the penalties would not have applied to ...

Interactive: California taxes: Who is paying the most?

Merced Sun-Star - 5 days ago

It's tax time in California again -- state tax returns must be filed by April 15.
But who is paying the most state taxes? Which counties bear the most ...