Cupertino, California — Apple’s home base — may introduce a tax that would charge the tech giant an additional fee based on its number of employees. The city has hired a firm to poll residents asking their thoughts on such a tax, and how it should be spent, according to Cult of Mac.
Apple has about 25,000 employees in the Bay Area (although it’s not clear how many of these are specifically based in Cupertino). Apple is Cupertino’s largest employer, and has been for years.
In 2016, then-Cupertino mayor and now councilman Barry Chang pushed for a tax of $1,000 per employee on large companies. However, as Cult of Mac notes, the proposal went nowhere.
Cupertino is located in Santa Clara County, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population is around 60,000.
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