Alternatively, if some aspect of your process like sugar is taxed then companies seek alternatives like corn syrup. That extends to property taxes, executive pay, etc where companies seek alternatives to better utilize resources. Though in the case of salaries that my end up as various executive perks.
Taxing land value -- that is, collecting the lion's share of the annual rental value of the land for public purposes -- removes the speculative element, and makes it worth only what it is worth FOR USE.
That almost always creates jobs, first for construction, and then to utilize the space. It may create housing, and goodness knows, much of California is in desperate need of housing. And housing creates jobs -- houses and highrises don't maintain themselves.
Virtuous circle --- the opposite of the vicious one that Proposition has created (and which was easy to predict before it was enacted).
If you want jobs and housing, tax land value.
Otherwise, keep California doing what it does now.
a personal wealth tax is not felt or distributed down lane. As long as it is not a company tax, it will not be directly pointed to the buyer.
Yes it would be. A tax on salaries, would force companies to have to pay more to attract talent.
And these are additional costs that the company would have to pay.