Help get the Repeal the Death Tax Act on the ballot
December 3, 2023
HJTA needs about 1.2 million signatures by January 16 to be sure the Repeal the Death Tax Act qualifies for next November’s ballot.
DEADLINE TO RETURN PETITIONS TO HJTA: JANUARY 16
Download the official, legal petition to put the
REPEAL THE DEATH TAX
initiative on the November 2024 ballot.
Complete instructions are included in the pdf file.
Click here to DOWNLOAD the official petition RIGHT NOW
Please note: You must print and sign the petition with paper and ink. It’s not electronic.
What’s this initiative about? Read Susan Shelley’s column for the Orange County Register.
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As more and more Californians find out what has happened, anger is growing.
Parents should be able to transfer property to their children without triggering reassessment to current market value and a huge tax increase.
For more than 30 years, they could. It was a right enshrined in the California constitution. But now, it’s gone.
That constitutional right was removed by Proposition 19 in 2020, a measure that seemed to be only about helping wildfire victims and seniors. Hidden in the fine print was the biggest property tax increase in state history, on the backs of people who have just lost a parent.
Under Prop. 19, property transferred from parents to children is reassessed to current market value, with only limited exceptions. Grieving families find out about it in a letter from the assessor’s office that arrives in the mail along with the sympathy cards.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is taking action. We are now collecting signatures for a new ballot measure that restores the right of parents to transfer property to their children without a tax increase. And you can help.
Print and sign the official petition RIGHT NOW at RepealTheDeathTax.com
The official petition to get this measure on the ballot can be printed using any printer, on ordinary letter-sized paper. Do it right now. Just go to RepealTheDeathTax.com and click (or tap) the “Download the petition” link. It’s easy — complete instructions are included, and there’s even a clip-and-tape mailing label that you can use to send the signed petition back to us.
Please don’t delay! Time is limited to collect the signatures needed to get this measure on the November 2024 ballot. Go to RepealTheDeathTax.com now to download the petition.
When approved by voters, the Repeal the Death Tax initiative will restore the parent-child property transfer rules that allowed parents to pass their home and up to $1 million of assessed value of other property to their kids without any change to the tax bill. And it is retroactive. Anyone whose property was reassessed for a parent-child transfer will be able to get the previous assessed value reinstated.
Please help us spread the word! Forward this email to friends and family. Send the RepealTheDeathTax.com link to everyone you know. Post it on social media. If we can collect at least 1.2 million signatures by January 16, this measure will be on the November 2024 ballot.
All parents should have the right to build financial security for their children without taxes taking it all away. Protect your family’s future. Sign the petition to Repeal the Death Tax.
Thank you!!
Sincerely,
Jon Coupal
President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
P.S. Be sure to send the RepealTheDeathTax.com link to everyone you know! The faster everyone downloads the petition, the faster we’ll qualify this initiative for the November 2024 ballot. Thank you again for your support!
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Learn why we’re going to succeed in getting Repeal the Death Tax on the ballot this time, how to download petitions, how to fill them out, and how to return them in time so they count!
“It’s hard to imagine anything more callous than the government sending a giant tax bill to a bereaved family, but thanks to Proposition 19, many California families will have that unfortunate experience”
Jon Coupal
President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Do you have questions about Proposition 19 or the new rules for property tax increases on inherited homes and other real estate? We’re collecting signatures for an initiative that will restore the constitutional rights that were lost when Proposition 19 passed — the right of parents and children to transfer property to each other while keeping the property tax bill the same, instead of triggering reassessment to market value and a huge tax increase as Prop. 19 requires. The Repeal the Death Tax Act does not change the other parts of Proposition 19. Please download, print and sign the official petition to get the Repeal the Death Tax Act on the November 2024 ballot. The deadline is getting close! If you have questions about a specific individual situation, one good source for detailed information about Proposition 19 is the Board of Equalization, the state agency that oversees property tax administration.
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