Taxes and Budget Citizens for Tax Justice Report Finds that the 2009 Recovery Act Reduced Taxes for 99% of Maine’s Working Families by an Average of $995 Cash to these families also provides a tremendous boost the recovering Maine and American economies need Augusta, Maine (Thursday, April 15, 2010)—The Maine Center for Economic […] Posted April 15, 2010 Tags Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony Regarding LD 1694 (Transparency and Accountability for Tax Breaks) As this Committee is too intimately aware, the state of Maine’s economy is bleak. Unemployment is high and revenues are not stable. At least one to two […] MECEP Posted February 2, 2010 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Tax Reform in Brief In June 2009, Maine’s legislators and Governor Baldacci enacted a historic tax reform package, LD 1495. A citizen’s initiative to repeal this landmark legislation will be voted […] MECEP Posted January 28, 2010 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget TABOR II Would Harm Maine's Economy, Businesses and Families Balllot proposal virtually identical to Colorado’s failed TABOR Maine’s efforts to improve its business climate and recover from the recession would be hindered if voters adopt […] Posted September 22, 2009 Tags Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: TABOR II: A Danger to Maine’s Economy, Communities, and People This November Maine voters will once again face a TABOR initiative. It was a bad idea in 2006 when voters rejected the so-called Taxpayers Bill of Rights […] Jody Harris Posted August 12, 2009 Tags Economy, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine's Sales Tax Modernization was Right Choice New Report Shows Other States Considering Similar Reform Augusta: Maine’s decision to modernize its sales tax is a sound move that several other states are considering […] Posted August 10, 2009 Tags Sales Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget The American Clean Energy and Security Act and The Estate Tax: Both Good for Maine MECEP Issue Briefs address two upcoming federal debates Augusta – With all the attention on national health care reform, we must not forget that Congress is […] Posted July 22, 2009 Tags Estate Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: Weakening the Estate Tax: Putting our Future Prosperity at Risk In 2001, Congress passed legislation that would lead to the phasing out of the estate tax. This tax affects only a very few wealthy Americans but full […] Jody Harris Posted June 30, 2009 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: Now is the Time for Tax Reform. Can LD 1088 Deliver? It is possible and desirable to restructure Maine’s tax system to achieve greater reliability and fairness. In this issue we make the case for reforming Maine’s current […] Jody Harris Posted May 19, 2009 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: Securing Our Future During an Economic Downturn Maine’s current budget shortfall requires legislators to meet the challenge without exacerbating the effects of the national and global economic crisis. Maine is one of many states […] Jody Harris Posted April 30, 2009 Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes