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

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

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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

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