Chakrabarti and Stacy were brought together by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation for a discussion about an equitable economic recovery as part of the think tank’s forum series focused on ARPA. MTF in May published a report titled Closing the...

Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundations President Eileen McAnneny said employers would love to see their full UI debt from the pandemic canceled, but surmised that "might not be realistic given competing needs. "This obviously doesn't address the whole...

In late June, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation published a seven-page analysis that projected the state could wind up with a discretionary surplus from fiscal 2021 of between $1.13 billion and $1.48 billion after accounting for an automatic...

Experts who testified suggested there may be room for both approaches. Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, suggested, similar to Baker, that lawmakers use some money now to ramp up existing programs and jumpstart the...

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the state needs to spend some relief funds to maintain its economic recovery but it should also squirrel away money for "unforeseen circumstances." ...

"We have until 2026 to actually spend it and we should take the time necessary to develop a forward-looking, comprehensive plan that considers other resources available and how best to leverage them for the maximum impact,” Eileen McAnneny of the...

Doug Howgate, executive vice president at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said that many business owners would gladly accept the tradeoff inherent in the Legislature’s approved budget, given that they still stand to save a substantial amount...

"Achieving a balance well in excess of $5 billion is a critical goal for the Commonwealth as we build our economic recovery and prepare for future challenges," the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation wrote in a report about the budget redraft. ...

The tax revenue upgrade allowed budget writers to eliminate the proposed use of one-time revenues, including a plan to tap the state's "rainy day'' or stabilization fund to balance the budget. Despite the surge in tax revenues, the budget doesn't add...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation recommended last week that tax revenue estimates be upgraded by a minimum of $3.8 billion, and the big question is how negotiators will choose to allocate those unanticipated revenues. ...