Taxes and Budget

Testimony at Hearing on LD 455: An Act to Increase the State Earned Income Credit

This bill would boost the state’s economy and reduce childhood poverty by cutting taxes for up to one hundred thousand working Maine families. LD 455 is a […]

MECEP

Posted March 4, 2013

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

They’re Wrong

Governor LePage and his allies claim that Governor LePage’s budget proposal can’t raise property taxes because that’s a municipal decision. They’re wrong. If passed as written, Governor […]

Joel Johnson

Posted March 1, 2013

Tags Budget, Property Tax

Taxes and Budget

Sequestration: A Disaster for Maine Working Families

Close to 7,000 Maine jobs are at risk if federal budget cuts slated to take effect on March 1 occur. That conclusion is based on a report authored […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 21, 2013

Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

A Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Worsen Maine’s Budget Gap and Make the Tax System Even More Unfair

Just when you thought that Maine lawmakers might be getting the message that a majority of Mainers want the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, […]

Joel Johnson

Posted February 19, 2013

Tags Economy, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Make Maine’s Budget Gap Even Bigger than We Thought

We already know that Maine faces an $881 million shortfall over the two-year period beginning July 1st. State lawmakers are also working to close a $153 million […]

Joel Johnson

Posted February 14, 2013

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Beware of legislative tax cuts that promise heaven and earth

You may never have heard of ALEC–the American Legislative Exchange Council–but you have experienced its long reach as out-of-state corporate giants manipulate state tax policies right here […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 13, 2013

Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Testimony at Hearing on LD 55: An Act to Promote Filmmaking in the State

LD 55 is a tax break for media production companies. It is well-intended legislation, but it is more likely to be a loss for Maine taxpayers than […]

MECEP

Posted February 4, 2013

Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The Plight of the Rich and Tax Flight, Again

The gist of “Where Have Maine’s Rich Gone?”, a new Maine Heritage Policy Center release, is that Maine doesn’t have very many rich people because they have […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 31, 2013

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1045 (January 28, 2013) An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

MECEP continues to have concerns about the implications of the current proposal on Maine’s future financial picture – a point that was underscored by last week’s downgrade […]

MECEP

Posted January 28, 2013

Tags Appropriations Committee

Taxes and Budget

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1045 (January 24, 2013) An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

At a time when Mainers continue to struggle through the state’s sluggish recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, it is incumbent on legislators to […]

MECEP

Posted January 24, 2013

Tags Appropriations Committee

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Testimony at Hearing on LD 455: An Act to Increase the State Earned Income Credit

They’re Wrong

Sequestration: A Disaster for Maine Working Families

A Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Worsen Maine’s Budget Gap and Make the Tax System Even More Unfair

How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Make Maine’s Budget Gap Even Bigger than We Thought

Beware of legislative tax cuts that promise heaven and earth

Testimony at Hearing on LD 55: An Act to Promote Filmmaking in the State

The Plight of the Rich and Tax Flight, Again

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1045 (January 28, 2013) An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1045 (January 24, 2013) An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013