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The wild idea of making MBTA buses free is gaining traction
"A lot of the policies on the table, like fees to disincentivize driving, have environmental benefits, but hit low-income and moderate-income people the hardest," said ...
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What’s Working: As neighboring states raise minimum wage, NH companies could face pressure to pay more
In Massachusetts, 420,600 workers will benefit from the minimum wage hike, according to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.
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Income tax and long-term capital gains tax reduced
Not everyone is celebrating. "The income tax is one of the few revenue sources that asks high-income people to pay in-line with their larger bank ...
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Income tax rate returning to 1985 level
"About half of that value [charitable deductions] goes to top 1 percent of income earners. These tax changes end up being regressive," said Phineas Baxandall, ...
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A Look At The Tax Measure Dividing House, Senate Dems On State Budget
The two think tanks framed action taken by other states differently in their descriptions of Section 163(j) legislation around the country. While MTF said "several ...
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Radio interview on Corporate Taxes
MassBudget and Policy Center President Marie Frances-Rivera and Senior Policy Analyst Kurt Wise on their recent study on corporate taxes in Massachusetts. (~ 24:20 minutes ...
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What’s behind the legislative budget stalemate
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a more left-leaning think tank, seemed to prefer the Senate's approach. The center says Massachusetts businesses received an estimated ...
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Analysis: Business tax hike would address inequity
Corporate excise taxes in the 1980s accounted for about 16 percent of the state's total tax haul each year, according to MassBudget. The corporate share ...
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Easier than you think: Finding fair revenue that hides in plain sight
As one of the highest-income states in the country, people might think Massachusetts leads the nation in bold initiatives like universal childcare, debt-free college, and ...
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Our View: Another tax at the pump?
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center reports the tax hit on Bay State drivers is now about a dime cheaper than the average paid by ...
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Business groups support increase in gas tax, ride share fees for transportation fixes
Every penny added to the state's gas tax could produce roughly $32 million in new annual revenue, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center wrote in ...
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House leaders talk transpo taxes
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center earlier this month published a paper in which they estimated that the state could raise about $32 million in ...
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Our Opinion: Corporate tax break needs better argument
Massachusetts business groups will need a better argument than the one presented by Rep. Cusack if they are to get their change to the 2017 ...
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Mass Education Funding Forum Comes To Sudbury
The League of Women Voters of Sudbury and First Parish of Sudbury Unitarian Universalist are co-sponsoring a public forum "State Education Funding: Does It Make ...
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A caution on hiking ‘regressive’ gas tax
Gas taxes are a "regressive" approach to generating revenue that "tend to hit those with low and moderate incomes the hardest," according to the report ...
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