Opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and the business community helped to stop two job killer bills in their policy committees this week. • AB 479 (Gonzalez Fletcher; D-San Diego) would have exempted feminine sanitary products and infant diapers from sales tax and instead raised the excise tax on alcoholic products to offset the cost of exempting these products from sales tax. The bill failed to pass the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee on May 8. • SB 300 (Monning; D-Carmel) required this warning be placed on certain beverages – “STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay.” The bill was very specific about the size of type, placement of warning and characters per linear inch on each product according to the amount of beverage contained. Vending machines, self-serve dispensers and sit down restaurants all must provide the warning. The bill was never taken up for a vote in the Senate Health Committee. AB 479: Targeted Tax CalChamber identified AB 479 as a job killer because it unfairly targets one category of taxpayers with an additional excise tax and floor tax, which will raise costs and limit the [...]
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