Taxes and Budget MECEP Analysis: Better Deal for Maine "Provides Bigger Tax Cuts for More Mainers" The plan from Democratic legislators also increases investment in education and other critical services Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, April 15, 2015) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) today […] Posted April 15, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Estimated Distributional Impact of Two Maine Tax Reform Proposals (table) Mark Sullivan Posted April 15, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget #BetterDeal4ME is a big winner in Maine’s major newspapers When the Democratic leaders in the legislature announced their Better Deal for Maine (#BetterDeal4ME) plan on April 9, the Bangor Daily News was bullish on the proposal: […] Mark Sullivan Posted April 14, 2015 Tags Economy, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget "Better Deal for Maine" Is a Win for Working Families, Homeowners, and Maine's Economy “The Better Deal for Maine plan achieves what Governor LePage’s budget plan fails to do: It provides the greatest benefits to hard working Mainers and assures that […] Posted April 10, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP: Bill to Restore Estate Tax Exclusion to $1 Million Will Make Maine's Tax System "Fairer and More Efficient" “The estate tax is one of the best tools for ensuring that all Maine children, regardless of how wealthy their parents or grandparents were, have the opportunity […] Posted March 30, 2015 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony in Support of LD 575: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine’s Working Families “By expanding the sales tax to recreation and amusement services and using the revenue to double the homestead exemption, this bill would provide millions of dollars in […] MECEP Posted March 30, 2015 Tags Property Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Low-income Maine residents would benefit from Governor LePage’s proposed sales tax fairness credit Buried in Governor LePage’s tax reform proposal is a good provision that would create new refundable income tax credit for low-income Maine residents. This credit is meant […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted March 25, 2015 Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Many non-resident estates would benefit from Governor LePage's proposed estate tax repeal As I explained previously, Gov. LePage’s proposal to eliminate Maine’s estate tax would exclusively benefit the wealthy. And now, thanks to information provided to the Taxation Committee […] Joel Johnson Posted March 18, 2015 Tags Estate Tax, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Many non-resident estates would benefit from Governor LePage’s proposed estate tax repeal As I explained previously, Gov. LePage’s proposal to eliminate Maine’s estate tax would exclusively benefit the wealthy. And now, thanks to information provided to the Taxation Committee yesterday […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted March 18, 2015 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony in Support of LD 341 An Act To Prevent Tax Haven Abuse “The use of offshore tax havens to avoid paying taxes in the US has grown exponentially in the thirty years since the Worldwide Unitary Taxation Working Group […] Mark Sullivan Posted March 9, 2015 Tags Taxes