Taxes and Budget

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Adjourns, Passes Solar Bills, Rejects Aid to Asylum Seekers

The Maine Legislature unanimously passed a bill to more than double the earned income tax credit and expand eligibility to 18- to 24-year-olds without children. In a […]

The Free Press

Posted June 27, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

STATEMENT: EITC expansion will boost economic security for roughly 100,000 Maine households

CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Sarah Austin, policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement regarding the unanimous enactment Thursday […]

Posted June 20, 2019

Tags Economic Security, EITC, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

After tax credit bill passes, 100,000 Mainers set to get an income boost in 2020

“In our out-of-balance tax code, the poor pay more than the wealthiest residents of our state,” said Sarah Austin, a policy analyst for the Maine Center for […]

Beacon

Posted June 20, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes a Budget, Defeats Gun Control Bills, Pushes Forward Monhegan Wind Project & More

Progressives decried the budget for not funding several bills that passed both houses and are now languishing on the Appropriations table — such as LD 1689, which […]

The Free Press

Posted June 20, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Final budget marks gains in property tax relief, healthcare, but fails to un-rig tax code

“Reversing LePage-era tax cuts for the wealthiest would have put budget negotiators in a position to fully fund, for the first time ever, our children’s schools and […]

Beacon

Posted June 15, 2019

Tags Budget, Health Care, Property Tax, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

As session winds down, lawmakers can still fight inequality, start un-rigging the tax code by fixing the estate tax

Elected officials’ decisions to weaken our estate tax have perpetuated and exacerbated economic inequality in our state. It has delivered a massive tax break to the very […]

Sarah Austin

Posted June 14, 2019

Tags Estate Tax, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Taxing the Rich Works

Advocates in some states have recently taken matters into their own hands and cooked up tax reform campaigns. In MAINE, the Prosperity Coalition campaign seeks to move Maine forward through […]

ITEP

Posted June 12, 2019

Tags Estate Tax, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Maine Voices: Democrats in Augusta shouldn’t let fear stop them from pursuing tax justice

When my wife and I married, and the first tax returns came back from our accountant, I found that my effective tax rate was slashed almost in […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 11, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Letter to the editor: Earned Income Tax Credit expansion will give a boost to hardworking Mainers

Financial burden is a terrible feeling and something that is, unfortunately, common in Maine. Maine has a bill to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. According to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 11, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Taxation Committee votes to close business tax loophole

Sarah Austin, tax and budget policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in reaction to the Taxation Committee’s unanimous vote Thursday for […]

MaineBiz

Posted June 7, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Eye on Augusta: Legislature Adjourns, Passes Solar Bills, Rejects Aid to Asylum Seekers

STATEMENT: EITC expansion will boost economic security for roughly 100,000 Maine households

After tax credit bill passes, 100,000 Mainers set to get an income boost in 2020

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes a Budget, Defeats Gun Control Bills, Pushes Forward Monhegan Wind Project & More

Final budget marks gains in property tax relief, healthcare, but fails to un-rig tax code

As session winds down, lawmakers can still fight inequality, start un-rigging the tax code by fixing the estate tax

Taxing the Rich Works

Maine Voices: Democrats in Augusta shouldn’t let fear stop them from pursuing tax justice

Letter to the editor: Earned Income Tax Credit expansion will give a boost to hardworking Mainers

Taxation Committee votes to close business tax loophole