Taxes and Budget The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts Recent Tax Cuts Increase Costs for Municipalities, the Poor, and the Middle Class Governor LePage and the 125th Maine Legislature used cuts to income, pension, and estate […] MECEP Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax Cuts Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families. Selected charts from The Consequences of Maine’s Income Tax […] Jody Harris Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families 2 in 5 Maine families- the 40% who can least afford it -will pay higher property taxes Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, October 16, 2012) Maine’s new income tax cut will result in a “great tax shift” to low and middle income families say the authors […] Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Press Conference: Recent Maine Income Tax Cut Results in a “Great Tax Shift” to Low and Middle Income Families Waterville mayor Karen Heck, teacher and Maine Education Association president Lois Kilby-Chesley, and Borealis Bread founder Jim Amaral joined MECEP at a press conference today to discuss the […] Posted October 16, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Reordering Legislative Priorities, Step One: Middle Class Property Tax Relief As I wrote in yesterday’s Lewiston Sun-Journal, lawmakers in Augusta have made their priorities clear: tax relief for the wealthiest Mainers is more important than tax relief […] Joel Johnson Posted September 10, 2012 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […] Joel Johnson Posted July 24, 2012 Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine Beats New Hampshire in Head-to-Head Battle for Taxpayers and Their Income Over the last few weeks, as part of a larger quest to deliver control of public goods and resources to private interests, Governor LePage and his allies […] Joel Johnson Posted May 9, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Ideology over Facts: MHPC Does It Again In a piece that appeared Tuesday on its website, The Maine Wire, the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) argued for the elimination of the state’s personal income […] Joel Johnson Posted April 26, 2012 Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Reflections on Tax Day Tuesday was Tax Day. Paying taxes affirms our commitment to society and to our fellow human beings. Tax dollars pay for the physical foundation of our nation: […] Joel Johnson Posted April 19, 2012 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Legislature Rejects Fiscally Irresponsible, Poorly Targeted Pension Tax Cut Despite evidence that Maine’s employment picture remains bleak, state policymakers continue to pay little attention to steps that would boost the economy and create jobs. After rushing […] Mark Sullivan Posted April 11, 2012 Tags Appropriations Committee, Tax Fairness, Taxes