Taxes and Budget

Improvements recommended to tax expenditure review process

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have agreed to recommendations to strengthen Maine’s tax code. At issue is how to ensure that spending through the tax code in […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted January 11, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine Voices: All too often, business tax breaks don’t work for Mainers

Programs that use public funds should be well designed so that money raised through taxes is not wasted, strengthens our communities and promotes long-term growth and opportunity […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 1, 2022

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Build Back Better Act is the transformative plan Maine needs

Rep. Jared Golden opposed the bill in part because he disagreed with a provision lifting the cap on state and local tax deductions. The Maine Center for Economic Policy wrote […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 1, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Letter: Golden right to be concerned about SALT increase

As the Maine Center for Economic Policy pointed out in a recent blog post, much of the benefit from the SALT tax would go to the top 1 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 18, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

House Ways and Means Committee tax plan rebalances tax code, boosts incomes for Mainers

New analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found provisions in a bill recently approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would improve tax […]

Sarah Austin

Posted September 29, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Incomes, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Legislative watchdog finds Maine seed capital program needs fixing

Maine spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year in business tax incentives. Because allocating money for this purpose reduces potential investments in other priorities including education […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted September 21, 2021

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Higher taxes on corporations and the wealthiest can secure a lasting recovery for Maine

“The Build Back Better legislation offers our members of Congress and senators a chance to deliver real results for Mainers. It’s a chance to lift children out of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 6, 2021

Tags Budget, Federal, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Story of the Session: the fight for tax fairness

Mixed success The 130th Maine Legislature’s record on tax fairness is mixed. During one of the most chaotic and turbulent sessions in recent memory, the legislature was […]

Ryan Tipping

Posted August 16, 2021

Tags Budget, EITC, Estate Tax, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Improved Child Tax Credit benefits all Mainers

The Biden Administration’s expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) provides guaranteed income to 90 percent of Maine families and will cut child poverty nearly in half. […]

MECEP

Posted August 10, 2021

Tags Children, Economic Security, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Legislature forms working group on tax expenditure review process

The Maine Legislature is forming a working group to evaluate the State’s process for reviewing tax expenditures – a broad set of policies and programs that have […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted July 29, 2021

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Improvements recommended to tax expenditure review process

Maine Voices: All too often, business tax breaks don’t work for Mainers

Build Back Better Act is the transformative plan Maine needs

Letter: Golden right to be concerned about SALT increase

House Ways and Means Committee tax plan rebalances tax code, boosts incomes for Mainers

Legislative watchdog finds Maine seed capital program needs fixing

Higher taxes on corporations and the wealthiest can secure a lasting recovery for Maine

Story of the Session: the fight for tax fairness

Improved Child Tax Credit benefits all Mainers

Legislature forms working group on tax expenditure review process