California’s Constitution currently allows the Legislature to tax the value of our personal property like retirement funds and savings accounts, even though residents already pay income tax on that money when they earn it.

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  The Analyst says both the state and local governments tax the ownership of certain personal property today (the vehicle license fee and county property taxes on business equipment are examples), and that ownership of financial assets such as stocks and investment accounts is not taxed: the state taxes the income from them, but there is no tax for simply owning them. The Analyst describes Proposition 42 as prohibiting "new" taxes on financial assets and other personal property, which implies the Constitution does not bar them now. Two points the sentence leaves out: no such tax on retirement funds or savings accounts exists today, and contributions to traditional (pre-tax) 401(k) plans and IRAs are generally not taxed when earned but when withdrawn, so "already pay income tax on that money when they earn it" does not describe all retirement money; it fits after-tax savings and Roth accounts better.

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