Data Tracker, The Sacramento Bee’s weekly feature offering a deeper look at the numbers behind today’s news, now appears on Fridays.
Friday is Tax Day, or would be but for the observance of Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C., meaning that Californians who file returns have until Monday to get their forms in.
Whenever it arrives, the filing deadline is a closely watched benchmark of California state government’s fiscal well-being. A deeper look at the data has plenty to offer on the topic of income inequality, a major theme in both parties’ presidential primary races this year.
Income taxes make up more than two-thirds of state revenue in the current budget year.
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