Taxes and Budget Wither our roads? “Reversing the decline in state investment in transportation, public buildings, water treatment systems, and other forms of vital infrastructure is key to creating good jobs and promoting […] Jody Harris Posted February 24, 2016 Tags Infrastructure, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP Releases Informative Guide for Maine Tax Filers, Policymakers, and the Media How Maine’s Personal Income Taxes Work explains how the 2015 bipartisan state budget agreement benefits low- and middle-income families Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, February 23, 2016) The Maine […] Posted February 23, 2016 Tags Taxes
Taxes and Budget Why tax conformity really matters to Maine teachers and families “Propping up a tax break that reimburses teachers less than $20 as a true means of offering relief to teachers, who by the way spend on average […] Sarah Austin Posted February 16, 2016 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget What Mainers need to know about the tax conformity debate Maine legislators are currently debating tax conformity, a procedure primarily to make Maine’s tax code consistent with changes Congress made to the federal tax code last year. […] Sarah Austin Posted February 16, 2016 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget MHPC “Piglet Book” ignores administration mismanagement and misses the real scandal: millions of lost and rejected federal funds “Weeding out authentic waste, fraud, and abuse is a laudable goal, but to overlook hundreds of millions of dollars in lost federal funds, as the MHPC report […] James Myall Posted February 8, 2016 Tags Budget, Economy, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony in Opposition to LD 1564 “An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes" “Businesses which claim the bonus depreciation and wind up having weak profits are allowed to carry the tax write offs forward for up to 20 years before […] Sarah Austin Posted January 25, 2016 Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Why state lottery odds are never in Mainers’ favor It’s hard to imagine a tax that people would line up to pay; a tax so enticing it would be the topic of conversation week after week. […] James Myall Posted January 19, 2016 Tags Budget, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people Last year’s budget deal reduced taxes for 83% of Mainers. But the changes don’t happen all at once. And as the Maine media has reported, new sales […] Garrett Martin Posted January 11, 2016 Tags Budget, Taxes
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