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The 'poison pill' ballot measure that could kill the California billionaire tax

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The 'poison pill' ballot measure that could kill the California billionaire tax

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The California billionaire tax could face a stiff challenge from a competing ballot measure that would ban state taxes on retirement accounts, according to tax experts.

California voters will decide the fate today of Proposition 40, known as the Billionaire Tax Act, which would impose a one-time tax of 5% on the total net worth of Californians worth over $1 billion. The so-called "billionaire tax" is one of the most widely watched ballot measures this election season, since it would be the first state tax on net worth and taps popular anger over the rising power and wealth of tech billionaires.

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