Taxes and Budget

Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1664, An Act To Encourage Charitable Contributions to Nonprofit Organizations

Since 2011, Maine’s tax code has gotten less, not more, fair. Reductions to the top income tax rate and changes to the estate tax cut taxes significantly […]

MECEP

Posted January 22, 2014

Tags Revenue, Taxes

Testimony at Hearing on L.R. 2721 An Act Related to the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force

We are here today because we have a broken revenue system. Inflation-adjusted General Fund revenue during this two-year budget period is forecast to be no higher than […]

MECEP

Posted January 22, 2014

Tags Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine income tax revenue is down from last year and on pace to fall short of 2000-2001 levels

Halfway through fiscal year 2014, the latest available data from the State Controller shows that general fund income tax revenue is down 3.2% ($22 million) compared to the […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 15, 2014

Tags Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Let’s remove obstacles to needed economic investments

The legislature’s appropriations committee today is listening to the public’s opinion on two bills that, if passed, would direct the governor to carry out the will of […]

Jody Harris

Posted January 8, 2014

Tags Bonds, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

The Distributional Effects of Recent Changes to Maine’s Tax System

Abstract: Both classical economic theory and recent empirical research support the notion that taxes should be progressive: that the wealthiest citizens should pay a larger share of […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 23, 2013

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

State Revenue Reality Check

State General Fund revenue for the two-year period that began in July 2013 (Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015) will be about $20.6 million (0.3%) higher than previously […]

Joel Johnson

Posted December 9, 2013

Tags Revenue, Taxes

Education, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Bond Questions 2, 4, and 5: Maine needs to invest in higher education for struggling workers

Thirty-six percent of the building stock at the University of Maine is 50 or more years old. Dwight Eisenhower was president when the state built most of […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 31, 2013

Tags Bonds, Education, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Question 3 – Maine’s aged bridges need repair

You know the old line, “In Maine, driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.” Mainers have always grumbled about road conditions. […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 30, 2013

Tags Bonds, Budget, Infrastructure, Jobs

Education, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

When small is mighty BIG!

Robert Reich is short, four feet, eleven inches to be precise. I mention his height because the former labor secretary and current professor at the University of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 18, 2013

Tags Budget, Children, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

An Analysis of Investment in Tourism in Western Maine: 2002-2012

This report documents the investment in tourism assets in Franklin and Oxford counties over the past decade. MECEP analysis indicates that federal, state, and philanthropic funds contribute […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 15, 2013

Tags Economy, Federal, Local, Taxes

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Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1664, An Act To Encourage Charitable Contributions to Nonprofit Organizations

Testimony at Hearing on L.R. 2721 An Act Related to the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force

Maine income tax revenue is down from last year and on pace to fall short of 2000-2001 levels

Let’s remove obstacles to needed economic investments

The Distributional Effects of Recent Changes to Maine’s Tax System

State Revenue Reality Check

Bond Questions 2, 4, and 5: Maine needs to invest in higher education for struggling workers

Question 3 – Maine’s aged bridges need repair

When small is mighty BIG!

An Analysis of Investment in Tourism in Western Maine: 2002-2012