Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1751 An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Residents As economists Michael Allen and Dick Woodbury wrote in their 2006 evaluation of Maine’s “Circuit Breaker” property tax relief program, “[the circuit breaker] does more than any […] MECEP Posted February 19, 2014 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget 5 Ways to Solve Maine’s Budget Crisis and Prevent Property Tax Increases Legislators are working to close a $938 million budget gap that is the result of the worst recession since the Great Depression and unpaid-for tax cuts that […] Garrett Martin Posted May 20, 2013 Tags Budget, Property Tax, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget New MECEP Report Makes the Case to Improve and Increase Property Tax Relief for Low and Middle Income Mainers “Give Maine’s Working Families a Break: Fix and Fund the Circuit Breaker” calls for expanded benefits and improvements to the application process Augusta, Maine (Monday, May […] Posted May 6, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 816 and LD 956 Property taxes hit low- and middle-income Maine families hardest, accounting for the greatest share of taxes they pay. The Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund Program, […] MECEP Posted May 6, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Give Maine’s Working Families a Break Fix and Fund the Circuit Breaker Property tax increases in Governor LePage’s budget proposal mean more hardship is in store for low- and middle-income property taxpayers who […] MECEP Posted May 3, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1227, An Act to Promote Tourism and Economic Development We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 26, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP Supports Bills to Restore Tax Fairness and Raise Revenues to Fund Education and Investment in Maine Communities Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, April 23, 2013) Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), will present testimony today before the legislature’s Joint Standing […] Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget They’re Wrong Governor LePage and his allies claim that Governor LePage’s budget proposal can’t raise property taxes because that’s a municipal decision. They’re wrong. If passed as written, Governor […] Joel Johnson Posted March 1, 2013 Tags Budget, Property Tax
Taxes and Budget The Great Tax Shift Is On! The Governor’s proposed budget “increases property taxes for 75,000 households by an average of $462, and as much as $1,600 for some households” Augusta, Maine (Friday, […] Posted January 11, 2013 Tags Budget, Property Tax, 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