Report: Mass. Home to More Millionaires Despite New Surtax
Surtax supporters released data Monday that they said pokes holes in the argument that the state’s new tax on high earners is causing higher-income residents to move out of Massachusetts.
State Budget Swings into Red, Shifting Tax Debate
The sudden thud of collapsing state tax revenues echoed through the halls of Beacon Hill on Wednesday, inverting a projected surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars into a shortfall nearly as large and reshaping debate about government spending and tax relief plans.
Workers Launch Campaign For High-Earner Surtax
The group that officially kicked off the ballot campaign Wednesday for the proposed surtax on household income over $1 million included a personal care attendant from Brockton, an education support staffer from Worcester, a public transit advocate from Fall River, an ice cream shop owner from Everett, a student counselor from UMass Dartmouth and a human services worker from Lynn.
Powerful Coalition Urges Members to Back Biz Taxes for Transit
Members of a powerful advocacy coalition are mounting an effort to include business tax measures in a revenue package designed to bankroll transportation investments, saying proposals that add to the costs of gasoline and tolls are too regressive and will only put a heavier burden on low-income and middle class residents.
Biz Groups Spar with Progressives as Transit Tax Debate Looms
Business organizations that have resisted new or higher taxes to funnel more money into public transportation are hitting back at the advocacy group Raise Up Massachusetts and its call for an “economically progressive” revenue package, delivering a one-two punch as this week began.
DeLeo ‘Very Doubtful’ of Paid Leave Delay Deal, Spilka ‘Hopeful’
House, Senate and Baker administration officials are still actively discussing whether they could agree to delay the rollout of the paid family and medical leave law for three months beyond July 1 without passing a bill this week, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Paid Leave Law Delay Getting Serious Consideration
Advocacy and business groups have called for a three-month delay in payroll taxes needed to fund the new paid family and medical leave program.
Delay Family Leave Taxes, Business and Labor Groups Say
State government should approve a three-month delay in payroll taxes needed to fund the new paid family and medical leave program, according to a coalition of business, labor and social justice groups.
‘Millionaire Tax’ Amendment Rises Again at Statehouse
Meet the new millionaire tax: It’s the same as the old millionaire tax that was rejected on constitutional grounds by the Supreme Judicial Court – keeping it off the 2018 ballot – with one key difference.
