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Taxes and Budget

How Paul LePage, Running to Lead Maine, Benefited From Florida Tax Breaks

While he was governor, Mr. LePage tried to eliminate Maine’s homestead exemption, a proposal that would have denied an estimated 213,000 Mainers benefits similar to those he […]

New York Times
Posted September 24, 2022
Tags Budget, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

New tax freeze program fails to focus on older Mainers who need it most

All older Mainers deserve access to safe and affordable housing, without the fear of being unable to pay their bills or losing their home as they age. […]

Maura Pillsbury
Posted September 8, 2022
Tags Economy, Housing, Income Tax, Incomes, Property Tax, Seniors, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

LePage wants to supercharge this idea in his first year, telling WMTW he would begin his plan to phase out Maine’s income tax by exempting all pension income from […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted September 2, 2022
Tags Budget, Income Tax, Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Pension exemptions benefit wealthy households and compromise resources

This year, lawmakers included a tax change in the state’s budget that will significantly expand tax benefits for pension recipients in Maine. Beginning in 2023, pension recipients […]

Sarah Austin
Posted August 25, 2022
Tags Income Tax, Incomes, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Biden signs into law Democrats’ wide-ranging climate change, health care and tax bill

The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act, was hailed by analysts in Maine, who said the tax and health care provisions would help create a more fair […]

Beacon
Posted August 17, 2022
Tags Budget, Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

MECEP applauds the enactment of the “Inflation Reduction Act”

“The Inflation Reduction Act will ensure wealthy corporations making record profits pay their fair share. It will bring down the cost of prescription drugs for older Mainers […]

Posted August 16, 2022
Tags Economy, Federal, Inequality, Inflation, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Report: Millionaires didn’t flee when tax rates increased in certain states

“When social ties are strong, fiscal and financial incentives have a smaller playing field and less influence on individual behavior,” the authors argue, adding that “embeddedness allows […]

Beacon
Posted August 12, 2022
Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

The Inflation Reduction Act makes our tax code fairer, tackles the climate crisis, and makes health care more affordable for Mainers

On Sunday, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill which promises to make historic investments in clean energy, long-awaited fixes to our upside-down tax […]

James Myall
Posted August 11, 2022
Tags Federal, Health Care, Inflation, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

What the Inflation Reduction Act means for Maine

Stateside advocates like King, the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy and Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, say the bill will reduce costs for Mainers on utilities and health care, […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted August 8, 2022
Tags ARPA, Federal, Health Care, Inflation, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

A recent history of Maine’s swiftly evolving tax code 

For most of the 1990s and 2000s, Maine’s tax code remained relatively stable. Corporate and income tax rates were unchanged and except for modifications to how the […]

Sarah Austin
Posted August 4, 2022
Tags Budget, EITC, Income Tax, Property Tax, Revenue, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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