Poorest Households Bear Biggest Burden of Steep Bay Area Sales Taxes
“As a share of income, the poorest group of Bay Area residents pay three times more in sales tax than the wealthiest ones do. That’s according to a new study by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), which confirms and quantifies a position long-held by progressive advocates: that the burden of California’s highest-in-the-nation sales tax falls most heavily on those with the lowest incomes.”