Taxes and Budget MECEP talks tax fairness on the George Hale Ric Tyler Show “We’re moving in the right direction. With the end of the last legislative session, Maine really achieved an important milestone in tax fairness. And that milestone was […] WVOM Posted September 11, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Tax reforms credited with ensuring Maine’s poorest no longer pay highest tax rate “According to MECEP policy analyst Sarah Austin, who authored the report, the change can be attributed to the Maine Legislature’s passage of an expanded Maine Earned Income […] Beacon Posted September 6, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Beacon Podcast: 'Signs of progress' as Maine reaches milestone for tax fairness “The Maine Center for Economic Policy just released information that for the very first time in…decades… the bottom 20% of folks in Maine are going to have […] Beacon Posted September 6, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Liberal think tank says Maine has reached ‘tax fairness’ milestone “For decades, the wealthiest Mainers have paid less of every dollar they earn to taxes than those who earn the very least. Now, finally, that injustice in […] Portland Press Herald Posted September 5, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget NEW REPORT: Maine reaches new milestone on the road to tax fairness Mainers who earn the least will no longer pay more of their income to taxes than those who earn the most AUGUSTA, Maine — Starting in 2020 […] Posted September 4, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income Report: Maine teachers spend hundreds of dollars of own money on classroom supplies Individuals teachers in Maine spend an average of $356 out of their own pockets on school supplies. While this amount is about a hundred dollars less than […] Beacon Posted August 27, 2019 Tags Education, Incomes, Job Quality
Maine’s Economy LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills But Mario Moretto, a spokesman for the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, disputed the Republican characterization of the impact of the Trump tax cuts. “The Trump […] Portland Press Herald Posted August 22, 2019 Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Why progressives can’t stop pushing Maine Democrats Tax cuts passed under LePage have cost the state $864 million in lost revenuewhich, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, has been distributed moslty to the […] Beacon Posted July 12, 2019 Tags Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine Lawmakers Grant Some Tax Relief, But Taxpayers May Not See Much Of A Benefit But Sarah Austin, an analyst with the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, says local municipal officials are scrambling to find a way to pay for unmet […] Maine Public Posted July 10, 2019 Tags Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Governor signs breweries, earned income tax credit bills Childless, independent workers aged 18 to 24 will receive Maine’s earned income tax credit for the first time starting in 2020 under a bill signed by Mills […] NewsCenter Maine Posted July 2, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness