Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1564 “An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes"

“Businesses which claim the bonus depreciation and wind up having weak profits are allowed to carry the tax write offs forward for up to 20 years before […]

Sarah Austin

Posted January 25, 2016

Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes

Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet

Congress has the opportunity this fall to prevent key federal working family tax credits from expiring, resulting in cuts for 50 million working Americans, 16 million of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 22, 2015

Tags EITC, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposal to Seek a Ballot Initiative to Reduce Maine’s Income Tax to 4 Percent by 2021

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 22, 2015) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement in response to media reports that Gov. LePage and the Maine Republican Party […]

Posted September 22, 2015

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Time to turn off Maine’s wasteful tax expenditure “faucet”

One of the most fundamental obligations of the governor and legislature is careful, vigilant stewardship of how the state spends taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars. There are many competing […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 2, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The one question Republican legislators need to answer

Last Friday legislative Republicans released their tax plan for the coming two-year budget cycle. In reference to the Republican plan, Maine people deserve an answer to one […]

Garrett Martin

Posted May 22, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Where tax fairness is concerned, the legislative Republicans' tax plan is the worst of all

Republican legislators released their plan for overhauling Maine’s tax system last week. Yesterday MECEP posted a chart comparing the distributional impacts of the Republican and Democratic plans. The […]

Garrett Martin

Posted May 19, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Distributional Impacts of Competing Tax Plans (chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 19, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Republican Tax Plan Cuts Taxes for the Wealthy More than the Governor's Plan (chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 19, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Estimated Distributional Impact of Three Maine Tax Reform Proposals (table)

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 19, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Everything you need to know about the Democratic and Republican tax plans in one chart

Last week Republican legislators released their proposal for overhauling Maine’s tax system. The plan includes income and corporate tax cuts, and eliminates the estate tax, all disproportionately […]

Garrett Martin

Posted May 18, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Testimony in Opposition to LD 1564 “An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes"

Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposal to Seek a Ballot Initiative to Reduce Maine’s Income Tax to 4 Percent by 2021

Time to turn off Maine’s wasteful tax expenditure “faucet”

The one question Republican legislators need to answer

Where tax fairness is concerned, the legislative Republicans' tax plan is the worst of all

Distributional Impacts of Competing Tax Plans (chart)

Republican Tax Plan Cuts Taxes for the Wealthy More than the Governor's Plan (chart)

Estimated Distributional Impact of Three Maine Tax Reform Proposals (table)

Everything you need to know about the Democratic and Republican tax plans in one chart