Taxes and Budget

STATEMENT: Tax Committee's unanimous vote to fund EITC expansion by closing business tax loophole

CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Sarah Austin, tax and budget policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in reaction […]

Posted June 6, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine has a tool to reduce poverty and encourage work. Expanding it makes sense.

If fully funded, an estimated 177,000 households across the state would benefit, including roughly 14,000 family caregivers and 2,000 students, according to analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 29, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Taxation Committee gives bipartisan approval to expansion, modernization of Maine's EITC

The Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Wednesday gave near-unanimous approval to a plan to boost incomes for low- and moderate-income working Mainers by expanding and modernizing the state’s […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 24, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Coalition vows it will fight for fair taxes

Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy said the policies of the previous administration forced the middle class to struggle economically while the rich prospered. […]

Fox Bangor

Posted May 10, 2019

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Coalition of Maine groups demands roll-back of LePage tax breaks for wealthy

With state budget negotiations on the horizon, a newly formed coalition of 22 Maine organizations and elected officials, called the Prosperity Coalition, held a press conference Thursday […]

Beacon

Posted May 10, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

22 organizations, elected officials launch Prosperity Coalition to target LePage's tax breaks for the wealthy

Organized labor, faith communities, immigrants, women, students and grassroots activists join fight for fair taxes and a responsible budget AUGUSTA, Maine — A diverse group of 22 […]

Posted May 9, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

Dubbing itself “the Prosperity Coalition,” the group includes the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a state employee union, immigrant rights groups, clergy and advocates for several causes. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 9, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

New tax proposal would guarantee wealthy pay as much as everyone else

Today, most of Maine’s middle class and working families are paying a higher effective state and local tax rate than the top 1 percent of households.[i] A […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 7, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

EITC is so effective that 29 states, including Maine, have created their own state-level EITCs to build on the federal credit’s success. Unfortunately, as Mainers’ cost of […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 24, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

In Maine, more than 103,000 families received the federal EITC in 2017 with an average refund of $2,158. Another 20,000, by IRS estimates, are eligible for the credit but […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 19, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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STATEMENT: Tax Committee's unanimous vote to fund EITC expansion by closing business tax loophole

Maine has a tool to reduce poverty and encourage work. Expanding it makes sense.

Taxation Committee gives bipartisan approval to expansion, modernization of Maine's EITC

Coalition vows it will fight for fair taxes

Coalition of Maine groups demands roll-back of LePage tax breaks for wealthy

22 organizations, elected officials launch Prosperity Coalition to target LePage's tax breaks for the wealthy

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

New tax proposal would guarantee wealthy pay as much as everyone else

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.