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Backers of Measure T in Oakland tout it as a progressive business tax. If only they had stopped there.<\/p>\n

Progressive taxation, in which those firms with larger receipts pay a tax at a higher rate, makes sense, especially in a city such as Oakland that strives to balance inequities and support small businesses.<\/p>\n

But Measure T is not a revenue-neutral redistribution of the business tax burden. It\u2019s a 21% increase in business tax revenues, from about $103 million a year under the current flat-rate system to about $124 million under the new proposal.<\/p>\n

Voters should reject Measure T.<\/p>\n

Large businesses will uniformly see their tax burdens increase, as much as nearly five-fold. As the city struggles to attract businesses and fill the office space<\/a> it has, making the city costlier to medium and large businesses is a risky strategy. Meanwhile, there\u2019s no tax reduction for the smallest of businesses in 10 of 14 categories.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just a progressive redistribution of the tax burden, it\u2019s an increase for almost all businesses — with the extra money going into the general fund in a city with revenues that already far exceed<\/a> similarly sized communities.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vote no. Backers tout it as a progressive measure but there are few benefits for small companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":8652506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"subheadline":"Vote no. 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