Taxes and Budget

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers

Speaking in favor of the bill, Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy said that the measure would raise about $78 million in revenue each […]

The Free Press

Posted March 16, 2021

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on passage of supplemental budget

AUGUSTA, MAINE — Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in response to the Legislature’s approval early Friday morning of […]

Posted March 12, 2021

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Fecteau joins coalition calling to end tax loopholes, cuts for wealthiest Mainers

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau joined a coalition of advocacy organizations on Tuesday for a press event organized to call attention to the state’s growing economic inequality […]

Beacon

Posted March 3, 2021

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Diverse bloc of organizations urges Legislature to do more to address Maine's unmet needs

Lawmakers should raise $400 million annually to invest in Maine’s future, says group representing workers, seniors, educators, immigrants, health care and direct service providers, and policy experts […]

Posted February 24, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine’s proposed corporate tax break would be better spent on other priorities, advocates say

MECEP communications director Mario Moretto said that it is ill advised for legislators to consider a new tax break that will disproportionately benefit the corporations that have […]

Beacon

Posted February 18, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Gov. Mills offers compromise to give tax break to 99% of business loan recipients

Garret Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the governor’s proposal creates a tax loophole and costs state revenue that could be better […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted February 9, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

'Is This Our Party Anymore?' — Maine's Establishment Republicans Who Got Canceled

That was the dilemma for Mills, whose budget writers were confronting an estimated $100 million hole in the current budget if the state conformed to the federal tax code […]

Maine Public

Posted January 29, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The Daily Brief: Janet Mills boxed herself in on virus aid taxes before reversing course

Republicans have argued that Mills should fund the tax cuts with spending cuts rather than federal funding, but Wednesday marked a victory in their first real tax […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 28, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills says she’ll seek ways to avoid state tax on businesses’ relief loans

But the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy said the state should reject a “double-dip tax break scheme” for businesses. The organization said making the loans tax-free […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 27, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Tax Policy Options: Maine needs progressive revenue solutions to build a stronger, fairer future

Download the PDF version Download The incoming Legislature has the opportunity to address longstanding problems in the state’s tax code that have made life harder for Maine […]

Sarah Austin

Posted January 27, 2021

Tags Budget, Estate Tax, Income Tax, Revenue, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers

MECEP statement on passage of supplemental budget

Fecteau joins coalition calling to end tax loopholes, cuts for wealthiest Mainers

Diverse bloc of organizations urges Legislature to do more to address Maine's unmet needs

Maine’s proposed corporate tax break would be better spent on other priorities, advocates say

Gov. Mills offers compromise to give tax break to 99% of business loan recipients

'Is This Our Party Anymore?' — Maine's Establishment Republicans Who Got Canceled

The Daily Brief: Janet Mills boxed herself in on virus aid taxes before reversing course

Mills says she’ll seek ways to avoid state tax on businesses’ relief loans

Tax Policy Options: Maine needs progressive revenue solutions to build a stronger, fairer future