Taxes and Budget

Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families 2 in 5 Maine families- the 40% who can least afford it -will pay higher property taxes

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, October 16, 2012) Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families say the authors […]

Posted October 16, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families. Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 16, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

Most Mainers who don’t owe federal income tax are working and paying a slew of other taxes, including federal payroll taxes and state and local taxes. The […]

Joel Johnson

Posted October 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Income Tax

Taxes and Budget

Maine Beats New Hampshire in Head-to-Head Battle for Taxpayers and Their Income

Over the last few weeks, as part of a larger quest to deliver control of public goods and resources to private interests, Governor LePage and his allies […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 9, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again

In a piece that appeared Tuesday on its website, The Maine Wire, the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) argued for the elimination of the state’s personal income […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 26, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Day of Action

Today MECEP participated in a “Day of Action Briefing” hosted by Engage Maine. The briefing highlighted a number of irresponsible proposals being rushed through the Legislature and […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 2, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Responsible Tax Reform?

Maine has pursued broad based tax reform in fits and starts. We have seen time and again that responsible, broad based tax reform is difficult to achieve. The […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 20, 2012

Tags Estate Tax, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families 2 in 5 Maine families- the 40% who can least afford it -will pay higher property taxes

Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

Maine Beats New Hampshire in Head-to-Head Battle for Taxpayers and Their Income

Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again

Day of Action

Responsible Tax Reform?