Taxes and Budget PRESS RELEASE: LePage Tax Bill siphons revenue from Maine's future to pay for benefits to profitable businesses and wealthy households AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Paul LePage’s administration on Thursday unveiled the governor’s tax conformity bill – an $88.2 million proposal to adopt portions of the Trump Tax Plan […] Posted March 1, 2018 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, TCJA
Maine’s Economy “Tax Conformity” means bringing the disastrous Trump Tax Code to Maine. Here’s what you need to know. UPDATED: This blog post was updated on February 5, 2018, to reflect the latest analysis from Maine Revenue Services. This year, state legislators will face so-called “tax conformity” […] Sarah Austin Posted January 26, 2018 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget Maine families pay more under final GOP tax bill House and Senate Republicans expect to vote on their tax bill early this week after an agreement on its provisions was struck Friday. The deal lowers the top individual rate to 37 […] Sarah Austin Posted December 19, 2017 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes, TCJA
Taxes and Budget MECEP talks Senate tax bill on WZON The Pulse with Don Cookson It’s becoming more and more clear that the GOP Tax Plan will have a hugely negative impact on the state of Maine. Thanks to James Myall of […] WZON Posted November 29, 2017 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Advocates Say GOP Plan Would Hike Taxes For More Than Half Of Maine's Elderly From the story: “I think that’s a fundamental misread of how this bill works,” says Garrett Martin, executive director of the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, […] Maine Public Posted November 28, 2017 Tags Seniors, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget INFOGRAPH: This Thanksgiving, serve your Wacky Uncle some facts on the Republican tax plan Last year’s Thanksgiving with relatives might have left a bad taste in your mouth. This year, get ready to serve your Wacky Uncle some facts about the Republican tax […] Posted November 22, 2017 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Free Press Online: Congress to Vote on Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy, Repeal of ACA Provision Recent college graduate Jonathan Brown, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and analyst Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (Click on dots below for more photos) […] The Free Press Posted November 17, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget Bangor Daily News: After initial relief, paying for GOP tax cuts could hit Mainers hard But U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said she won’t. She and policy analyst Sarah Austin of the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy said in a roundtable discussion in Portland on Monday that the bill will be paid for by forthcoming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits used by many elderly and low-income residents and the Pell student-loan program for low- to middle-class Mainers. Bangor Daily News Posted November 15, 2017 Tags Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget New analysis: House tax legislation increases benefits for Maine's richest 1 percent over time “If this were a genuine effort to boost the middle class, Congress would be proposing a $1.5 trillion package to take on student debt, create good jobs […] MECEP Press Release Posted November 6, 2017 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Press Herald: House tax bill would give sizable savings to wealthy Mainers Sarah Austin, policy analyst at the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the changes would not provide any significant tax benefit to the typical Maine family. […] Portland Press Herald Posted November 3, 2017 Tags Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes