Massachusetts
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media mention July 28, 2015 NBC: Sales Tax Holidays Complex, Controversial, But Popular With Shoppers
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting the… -
media mention July 24, 2015 CNBC: Tax-Free Shopping Ahead for These States
Research by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, however, contends that increased sales during the tax holidays “have been shown to be primarily the result of consumers’ shifting… -
media mention July 6, 2015 Huffington Post: How Some States Are Trying To Fix Their Crumbling Infrastructure
Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said efforts to raise state taxes to pay for roads and bridges exploded this year. In 2013 and… -
media mention June 19, 2015 Littleton Independent: Momentum Grows for Earned Income Credit
More than one in seven Massachusetts families benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the impact is even greater in many urban communities. The current state Earned Income Tax… -
ITEP Work in Action December 4, 2014 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Automatic Income Tax Rate Cuts – Frequently Asked Questions
A thriving state economy – one that delivers broadly shared prosperity to workers, families and businesses – depends on key public investments in schools and colleges, subways and highways, public… -
media mention November 6, 2014 Governing: Massachusetts Rolls Back Automatic Gas Tax Hike
And Massachusetts has plenty of company. The federal gas tax of 18.4 cents has been in place since 1993. Twenty-four states haven’t touched their gas tax rates in more than… -
media mention November 6, 2014 Bloomberg BNA: Will Massachusetts’ Rejection of Inflation-Adjusted Gas Tax Have Federal Implications?
States have varying gas tax rate structures, which can be boiled down to one of two general forms: a fixed-rate tax or a variable-rate tax. Flat-rate gas taxes, like those… -
media mention October 10, 2014 Governing: Will Mass. Repeal Gas Tax Hike?
Matthew Gardner, executive director of the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, notes that many states in recent years have gone down the same road as Massachusetts by linking… -
media mention June 2, 2014 Boston Globe: Tax the Roads, Not Fuel
By Jeff Jacoby, June 2, 2014 For decades, gasoline taxes have been the largest source of funds for building and fixing America’s highways. What happens if those funds dry up?… -
media mention May 30, 2014 Bloomberg BNA: Extras on Excise, Running out of Gas
By Rebecca Helmes, May 28, 2014 New Hampshire drivers will soon pay more per gallon in gas tax, and in return their Interstate 93 widening project will be funded, along… -
media mention April 23, 2014 Boston Globe: Who Pays More in Taxes?
When it comes to state and local taxes, you find precisely the opposite: higher-income families pay a smaller share of their income in taxes while lower-income families pay more. It is called a regressive tax system, and you’ll find it in virtually every state, including Massachusetts.
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media mention April 7, 2014 MetroWest Daily News: Ballot question could halt tax
(Original Post) By Brian Benson Daily News Staff Posted Apr. 5, 2014 @ 11:46 pm A measure lawmakers approved last year to index the gas tax to inflation is prompting… -
ITEP Work in Action March 7, 2014 Massachusetts Tax Fairness Commission: Report
The Tax Fairness Commission was established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2013 as part of the Act Relative to Transportation Finance. The Commission was charged with analyzing a broad array… -
media mention January 9, 2014 Go Local Worcester: MA Residents Face Among Highest Transportation Costs in US
(Original Post) Thursday, January 09, 2014 Zeke Wright, GoLocalWorcester Contibutor While Massachusetts contributes a high percentage of transportation-related revenue toward roads, a new report show that road-related taxes and fees… -
ITEP Work in Action September 24, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: After the Tech Tax Repeal- Remembering the Big Picture
The FY 2014 budget included new investments in our transportation system, in education, and in other areas. Part of the funding for these came from a “tech tax,” which is… -
media mention August 14, 2013 Daily Hampshire Gazette: Tax-free weekends are bad economic policy and send wrong message
It troubles me that we marched on to last weekend’s “tax-free holiday” with so little thinking about the folly and hypocrisies of such a “gift” from the Legislature.
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media mention August 12, 2013 The Boston Globe: Tax break is no holiday for Mass.
(Original Post) By Tom Keane | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT AUGUST 06, 2013 THERE ARE certain things our elected officials do that make easy pickings for a columnist, and right… -
media mention August 2, 2013 Stateline: MA Joins Sales Tax Holiday Parade
Massachusetts is the 18th state to join the back-to-school tax holiday parade this year. The legislature has authorized a tax-free weekend to begin Aug. 10.
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media mention July 22, 2013 McClatchy-Tribune: States expand sales tax holidays beyond back-to-school items
Many states with back-to-school sales tax “holidays” are expanding them to cover almost any purchase, in addition to the usual kids’ clothing, shoes, books and school supplies. As schools… -
media mention May 17, 2013 Boston Globe: Big seller Boston Beer asks for small-brewer tax break
(Original Post) By Noah Bierman| Globe Staff May 13, 2013 WASHINGTON — It’s early to be drinking, but just after 10:30 a.m. on a weekday, Jim Koch, the founder… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Effects of Raising Rates and Exemptions on the State Income Tax
This Facts At A Glance updates MassBudget’s analysis of a reform option that would make changes to the way the Commonwealth taxes wage and salary income as well as investment… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Examining Tax Fairness
Taxes are the primary way we pay for the things that we do together through government. These include things like police and fire protection; public education; roads, bridges and public… -
ITEP Work in Action March 12, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Possible Reforms to the Governor’s Tax Plan
In his FY 2014 budget, the Governor proposes making significant new investments in education and transportation, as well as limiting cuts to other program areas. He proposes paying for these… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Facts At A Glance – The Income Tax: Another Reform Option
Previous MassBudget fact sheets have examined the Massachusetts personal income tax and a number of reform options (see “Facts At A Glance: The Income Tax”, available at http://www.massbudget.org/768). This Facts… -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Campaign for Our Communities: Support Public Education and Other Vital Services!
“We need to invest in our communities and keep middle-class families working and earning! An Act to Invest in Our Communities – HB 2553 / SB 1416 – does just…