Tax or Treat? The Scariest Ideas For Massachusetts’ Economy
Just in time for Halloween, MassBudget released its list of 28 ways to raise taxes on the Commonwealth’s families and businesses. What could be scarier than that?
FACT CHECK: A Growing Consensus on MA’s Competitiveness Problem
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) just released its annual competitiveness index, assessing how the Commonwealth stacks up against the rest of the country.
Spoiler alert: Massachusetts maintains many competitive strengths, but is becoming an increasingly difficult place to live and do business.
FACT CHECK: What Question 5 Would Change About Massachusetts’ Revenue Growth Limit
We break down the facts and the myths about Chapter 62F and what a proposed revision would do for taxpayers and the state as a whole.
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Tax or Treat? The Scariest Ideas For Massachusetts’ Economy
Just in time for Halloween, MassBudget released its list of 28 ways to raise taxes on the Commonwealth’s families and businesses. What could be scarier than that?
FACT CHECK: A Growing Consensus on MA’s Competitiveness Problem
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) just released its annual competitiveness index, assessing how the Commonwealth stacks up against the rest of the country.
Spoiler alert: Massachusetts maintains many competitive strengths, but is becoming an increasingly difficult place to live and do business.
FACT CHECK: What Question 5 Would Change About Massachusetts’ Revenue Growth Limit
We break down the facts and the myths about Chapter 62F and what a proposed revision would do for taxpayers and the state as a whole.
BOSTON GLOBE: Massachusetts’ tax revenue limit is stuck in 1986
Question 5 on the November ballot asks Massachusetts voters: Should state revenue grow faster than taxpayers’ paychecks?
Gas Tax Holiday Highlights Need for Greater Energy Reform
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