About that tax ranking…

Note: Updated April 15, 2024 As lawmakers debate tax credits, cuts, and subsidies, we often hear Maine’s tax policy compared with other states. State-by-state rankings and “listicles” […]

MECEP

Posted May 30, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, EITC, Income Tax, Inequality, Property Tax, Racial Equity, Sales Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Tax Havens, Taxes

Health Care

Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels

This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2021 poverty, income, and health data from its Current Population and American Community Surveys (CPS and ACS). Overall, the new national and state […]

Posted September 15, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, EITC, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

A recent history of Maine’s swiftly evolving tax code

For most of the 1990s and 2000s, Maine’s tax code remained relatively stable. Corporate and income tax rates were unchanged and except for modifications to how the […]

Sarah Austin

Posted August 4, 2022

Tags Budget, EITC, Income Tax, Property Tax, Revenue, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine Lawmakers Are Putting $$$ In Workers' Pockets

There’s no way around it – expenses are rising faster than wages. That’s why Maine lawmakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit this session, which means money […]

Mainers for Working Families

Posted June 9, 2022

Tags Economic Security, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Earned Income Tax Credit expansion provides greater economic security for working families

We all want expanded opportunities for our communities and to ensure our neighbors have the support they need to be stable and secure. But corporations are raising […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 16, 2022

Tags EITC, Incomes, Poverty, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Story of the Session: the fight for tax fairness

Mixed success The 130th Maine Legislature’s record on tax fairness is mixed. During one of the most chaotic and turbulent sessions in recent memory, the legislature was […]

Ryan Tipping

Posted August 16, 2021

Tags Budget, EITC, Estate Tax, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP response to supplemental budget votes from the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, executive director at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement about the bipartisan budget agreement passed by the Appropriations […]

Posted June 28, 2021

Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Education, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

EITC makes up to $7,459 available to low-income, working Mainers — but only if they file their taxes

Maine workers with low incomes could receive thousands of dollars through the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. But that income boost is only available to those […]

Mario Moretto

Posted April 27, 2021

Tags EITC, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Transformative “American Rescue Plan” will deliver $6 billion to Maine’s economy

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act recently approved by Congress will deliver roughly $6 billion to Maine’s economy, according to recent MECEP analysis. The top initiatives that will support Maine’s economic […]

James Myall

Posted April 2, 2021

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Education, EITC, Federal, Housing, Infrastructure, K-12 Education, SNAP, Taxes, Unemployment

Taxes and Budget

Bill to strengthen EITC would boost incomes for 92,000 Maine families, improve Maine’s tax code

The Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, is a proven tool to reduce poverty and give kids from families with low incomes a better shot at success […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 23, 2021

Tags Children, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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About that tax ranking…

Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels

A recent history of Maine’s swiftly evolving tax code

Maine Lawmakers Are Putting $$$ In Workers' Pockets

Earned Income Tax Credit expansion provides greater economic security for working families

Story of the Session: the fight for tax fairness

MECEP response to supplemental budget votes from the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs

EITC makes up to $7,459 available to low-income, working Mainers — but only if they file their taxes

Transformative “American Rescue Plan” will deliver $6 billion to Maine’s economy

Bill to strengthen EITC would boost incomes for 92,000 Maine families, improve Maine’s tax code