Education, Taxes and Budget Wealthy Mainers Will Receive Largest Tax Breaks in 2017 (bar chart) Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Augusta’s adherence to austerity holds Maine back Conservative fiscal policies at the state and national level have been a key cause of the lackluster economic recovery following the Great Recession, according to a new […] James Myall Posted August 15, 2016 Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Leaked memo confirms Governor’s priorities remain the same – tax breaks for the wealthy, cuts in crucially important investments in our communities An internal memo leaked from a member of Governor LePage’s administration to the Portland Press Herald reveals LePage’s plans for the upcoming legislative session and the 2018-19 […] James Myall Posted July 28, 2016 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Closing the door on ineffective tax loopholes in Maine: Important challenges lay ahead Maine offers 192 different tax loopholes for individuals and corporations. These tax breaks are a form of backdoor spending that cost the state almost $2.2 billion in […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted July 7, 2016 Tags Economy, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Congress must stop taxing workers without children into poverty Workers without children – including non-custodial parents (who do not have custody of their children for the purposes of their tax filing) – are the only taxpayers […] Megan Michaud Posted April 26, 2016 Tags Economic Security, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP Statement on Governor LePage's Proposal to Eliminate Maine's Estate Tax Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, March 1, 2016) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement in response to Gov. LePage’s proposal (LD 1622) to eliminate Maine’s estate […] Posted March 1, 2016 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Unlimited Wealthy Write Offs Siphon Money away from Maine Communities For a PDF of this document, click here. Last year, legislators came together to determine our state’s needs and craft a budget to meet them. This process […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 17, 2016 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget MECEP Congratulates Maine Delegation for Supporting Legislation to Make Permanent Vitally Important Working Family Tax Credits Key provisions of the earned income tax and child tax credits benefitting 37,000 Maine families including 64,000 children were set to expire in 2017 Augusta, Maine (Friday, […] Posted December 18, 2015 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate More than 37,000 hardworking Maine families will keep a key income boost that helps them go to work and pay for basic necessities under a new bipartisan […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 16, 2015 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet Congress has the opportunity this fall to prevent key federal working family tax credits from expiring, resulting in cuts for 50 million working Americans, 16 million of […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 22, 2015 Tags EITC, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes