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wealth tax

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noun

  1. a tax on personal property; capital levy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Proponents of the novel wealth tax gathered an estimated 980,438 valid signatures from registered voters, California’s secretary of state said late Wednesday, clearing the 875,000 threshold they had needed to qualify.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The policy is different to the wealth tax proposed by the Green Party of England and Wales.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg recently moved to Manhattan and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing property in South Florida as a labor union tries to place a wealth tax on the November ballot in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

If passed — and upheld in court — the Golden State’s one-time wealth tax would be the first in the nation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

If passed, the bill would not be the first wealth tax in the country’s history.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

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