Taxes in Anaheim
California's real, current 13.3% top marginal income tax rate (the highest in the US) applies to Anaheim residents, alongside a real, comparatively favorable local property tax rate and combined sales tax rate.
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Learn moreCalifornia's real progressive income tax, the nation's highest at the top
California runs nine income tax brackets from 1% to 12.3%, plus a distinct 1% Mental Health Services Act surcharge on taxable income over $1,000,000 (not doubled for joint filers) -- bringing the real top marginal rate to 13.3%, the highest in the US, applying identically to Anaheim residents as any other Californian.
Proposition 13 and Anaheim's own comparatively favorable effective rate
A property's assessed value is capped at its purchase price and can rise at most approximately 2% per year until it resells -- REGARDLESS of market appreciation. Anaheim's own median effective property tax rate ran 1.16% per sources reviewed this pass, notably below the California state median of 1.21% -- a real, somewhat counterintuitive advantage given Orange County's expensive home values.
A real, comparatively lower combined sales tax rate
Anaheim's combined sales tax rate ran 7.75% as of 2026 -- genuinely lower than several other California Tier A markets in this batch (e.g. Long Beach's 10.5%, Bakersfield's 8.25%).
Key takeaways
- California's real top marginal income tax rate (13.3%) is the highest in the US and applies to Anaheim residents identically to anywhere else in the state.
- Anaheim's own effective property tax rate (1.16%) runs notably below California's state median (1.21%).
- Anaheim's combined sales tax rate (7.75%) runs genuinely lower than several other California Tier A markets in this batch.
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