https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/02/four-proposals-to-increase-oakland-business-taxes-compete-for-spot-on-november-ballot/ > OAKLAND — The way Oakland taxes its businesses is going to change, but how isn’t clear yet because four proposals to accomplish that are competing to get on the November election ballot. > One proposal is being pushed by City Council members Nikki Fortunato Bas and Carroll Fife, who formally introduced it Thursday at a council committee meeting. It would eliminate the city’s flat tax rate on businesses’ gross receipts and switch to a progressive, tiered rate that increases as a company’s gross receipts grow. The proposal would annually haul in $40 million more than what businesses currently pay, they say.