Taxes and Budget

Commentary: Local-option tax the wrong solution to Maine communities’ funding challenges

Over the past decade, choices in the Legislature have caused roughly $720 million worth of budget shortfalls in towns and cities across Maine. This year, lawmakers should […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 11, 2019

Tags Local, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

In the past, payroll managers depended largely on the number of personal exemptions claimed by an employee to determine family size, which helped them calculate how much […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 9, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax

Communities in every corner of the state have suffered from underfunding of education and local services. The symptoms of cuts to communities are greater pressure on town […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 27, 2019

Tags Local, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Eliminating the income tax would rig our tax code for the wealthiest, guarantee budget shortfalls

Maine’s Legislature is considering a bill that would incrementally eliminate Maine’s income tax. While there is little likelihood of the bill becoming law, it’s critical to note […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 14, 2019

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Raising taxes on corporate profits over $2 million would boost Maine's economy, improve tax fairness

Corporations need reliable infrastructure and healthy, educated workers to be successful. The Legislature and local communities work hard to foster these conditions for success. Businesses chip in […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 13, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Has Janet Mills Paralyzed Progressive Reform?

To many Democrats, most disturbing about Mills’ no-new-taxes pledge is that it leaves in place LePage’s income-tax cuts, which lowered the top rate on the rich from […]

The Free Press

Posted March 7, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Analysis: Legislature must raise revenue to fill shortfalls from LePage-era tax cuts

Summary: Click here to read this complete policy brief For years, Maine has fallen short on its commitments to fund public schools and make robust investments in our local communities. This year, legislators can […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 28, 2019

Tags Budget, Education, Municipal Revenue Sharing, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Gov. Janet Mills' biennial budget proposal

CONTACT: Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to […]

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Guest Blog: Who pays and why it matters

Aidan Davis, senior policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, delivered the following keynote address at MECEP’s 2019 Policy Insights Conference. We’re grateful to […]

MECEP

Posted January 22, 2019

Tags Income Tax, Property Tax, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine ‘prosperity budget’ proposal shows progressive change is feasible

Analysts with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) have drafted an aspirational budget intended to demonstrate to the new Democratic-controlled state legislature and Governor Janet Mills […]

Beacon

Posted January 17, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Commentary: Local-option tax the wrong solution to Maine communities’ funding challenges

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax

Eliminating the income tax would rig our tax code for the wealthiest, guarantee budget shortfalls

Raising taxes on corporate profits over $2 million would boost Maine's economy, improve tax fairness

Has Janet Mills Paralyzed Progressive Reform?

Analysis: Legislature must raise revenue to fill shortfalls from LePage-era tax cuts

MECEP statement on Gov. Janet Mills' biennial budget proposal

Guest Blog: Who pays and why it matters

Maine ‘prosperity budget’ proposal shows progressive change is feasible