Maine Sunday Telegram overstates the impact of Governor LePage’s proposed income tax changes (chart 2)

How Maine's Personal Income Taxes Work

Mainers calculate their state personal income tax in three basic steps. The 2015 state budget changes how Mainers will calculate each step.  Step One: Calculate Taxable Income […]

MECEP Hails Tax Committee Vote Against Income Tax Repeal Amendment

“We applaud the committee for rejecting this reckless gimmick that would put funding for schools and other vital service at risk”  Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, May 13, 2015) […]

3 unsavory ways to pay for eliminating Maine’s income tax

Maine’s Constitution requires a balanced budget. Eliminating the state’s income tax. as the governor proposes to do in 2020, will blow a $1.7 billion hole in the […]

MECEP: Eliminating Maine's Income Tax "Will Tear a $1.7 Billion Hole" in Future Budgets, "Puts Funding for Schools and Other Vital Services at Risk"

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, May 5, 2015) “Gov. LePage’s proposed constitutional amendment to end Maine’s income tax is a huge giveaway to Maine’s wealthiest residents that will put funding […]

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1367, A Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Eliminate the Income Tax

Like other states across the country, Maine’s constitution requires that the legislature balance the state budget every year, so any income tax cut must result in some […]

Eliminating Maine’s income tax: A boon to wealthy Mainers, will hurt everyone else

Two weeks ago Governor LePage notified lawmakers of his intention to amend Maine’s constitution to eliminate the state’s income tax by 2020. This may mean the governor […]

Testimony in Support of LD 835: An Act to Amend the Individual Income Tax Laws

LD 835 would raise more than $55 million per year in revenue for the General Fund and affect only about 2% of Maine’s taxpayers—the very highest-income households— […]

Low-income Maine residents would benefit from Governor LePage’s proposed sales tax fairness credit

Buried in Governor LePage’s tax reform proposal is a good provision that would create new refundable income tax credit for low-income Maine residents. This credit is meant […]