Taxes and Budget

Wither our roads?

“Reversing the decline in state investment in transportation, public buildings, water treatment systems, and other forms of vital infrastructure is key to creating good jobs and promoting […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 24, 2016

Tags Infrastructure, Taxes

MECEP Releases Informative Guide for Maine Tax Filers, Policymakers, and the Media

How Maine’s Personal Income Taxes Work explains how the 2015 bipartisan state budget agreement benefits low- and middle-income families Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, February 23, 2016) The Maine […]

Posted February 23, 2016

Tags Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Why tax conformity really matters to Maine teachers and families

“Propping up a tax break that reimburses teachers less than $20 as a true means of offering relief to teachers, who by the way spend on average […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 16, 2016

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

What Mainers need to know about the tax conformity debate

Maine legislators are currently debating tax conformity, a procedure primarily to make Maine’s tax code consistent with changes Congress made to the federal tax code last year. […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 16, 2016

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

MHPC “Piglet Book” ignores administration mismanagement and misses the real scandal: millions of lost and rejected federal funds

“Weeding out authentic waste, fraud, and abuse is a laudable goal, but to overlook hundreds of millions of dollars in lost federal funds, as the MHPC report […]

James Myall

Posted February 8, 2016

Tags Budget, Economy, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1564 “An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes"

“Businesses which claim the bonus depreciation and wind up having weak profits are allowed to carry the tax write offs forward for up to 20 years before […]

Sarah Austin

Posted January 25, 2016

Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Why state lottery odds are never in Mainers’ favor

It’s hard to imagine a tax that people would line up to pay; a tax so enticing it would be the topic of conversation week after week. […]

James Myall

Posted January 19, 2016

Tags Budget, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

Last year’s budget deal reduced taxes for 83% of Mainers. But the changes don’t happen all at once. And as the Maine media has reported, new sales […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 11, 2016

Tags Budget, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Congratulates Maine Delegation for Supporting Legislation to Make Permanent Vitally Important Working Family Tax Credits

Key provisions of the earned income tax and child tax credits benefitting 37,000 Maine families including 64,000 children were set to expire in 2017 Augusta, Maine (Friday, […]

Posted December 18, 2015

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate

More than 37,000 hardworking Maine families will keep a key income boost that helps them go to work and pay for basic necessities under a new bipartisan […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 16, 2015

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Wither our roads?

MECEP Releases Informative Guide for Maine Tax Filers, Policymakers, and the Media

Why tax conformity really matters to Maine teachers and families

What Mainers need to know about the tax conformity debate

MHPC “Piglet Book” ignores administration mismanagement and misses the real scandal: millions of lost and rejected federal funds

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1564 “An Act To Update References to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Contained in the Maine Revised Statutes"

Why state lottery odds are never in Mainers’ favor

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

MECEP Congratulates Maine Delegation for Supporting Legislation to Make Permanent Vitally Important Working Family Tax Credits

Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate