Taxpayers Fleeing California Take $8.8 Billion in Gross Income to Other States

Taxpayers Fleeing California Take $8.8 Billion in Gross Income to Other States
Commuters navigate early morning traffic as they drive towards downtown in Los Angeles, CA, U.S., on July 22, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters File Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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California, with its relatively large tax burden compared to other states, has seen a taxpayer exodus in recent years and, along with it, billions in taxable gross income.

State-to-state migration data recently released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that California lost an estimated net 70,534 households—or 165,355 taxpayers and their dependents—in the years 2017–2018, with those fleeing taking around $8.8 billion in net adjusted gross income with them.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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