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Dec 10, 2013
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Dec 10, 2013
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Tax revenues will grow by $1.1 billion, or 4.7 percent, to $24.37 billion in fiscal 2015, continuing the trend of modest growth yet still below that of previous economic recoveries, according to a new forecast released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “Despite an improving economic…
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 23, 2013
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The Taxpayers Foundation opposes House bills 7 and 2834, which would provide the state auditor access to confidential personal and corporate income tax returns.
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Sep 25, 2013
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Sep 25, 2013
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The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation applauds the Legislature for its vote to repeal the sales tax on computer and software services. This was a difficult but important vote, and the Foundation commends legislators for their quick action to repeal the tax and to make the repeal retroactive. The…
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Sep 08, 2013
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Sep 08, 2013
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The Foundation’s comprehensive 50-state analysis shows that the recently enacted software services tax is the most burdensome in the nation. The Excel file allows users to compare Massachusetts to 49 other states on the tax treatment of 11 different categories of computer and software services.
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Aug 15, 2013
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Aug 15, 2013
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The Foundation's latest commentary on the software services tax.
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Aug 06, 2013
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Aug 06, 2013
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Citing the recently passed technology tax “as a grave danger to the future of the innovation economy,” 20 Massachusetts business leaders, representing both small and large companies, today filed an initiative petition to repeal the recently enacted 6.25% sales tax on computer and software…
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Jun 25, 2013
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Jun 25, 2013
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This is the most sweeping such tax in the nation. It strikes at the heart of the state’s innovation economy and will stifle job creation for years to come.
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Mar 18, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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The Governor’s proposed sales tax on computer and data processing and custom software would have very serious ramifications for major sectors of the state’s economy.
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Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
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The Foundation’s analysis of the Governor’s tax proposal shows that the elimination of the personal income tax exemptions and the additional corporate taxes account for most of the $1.9 billion in new revenues. The analysis also summarizes the 44 personal income tax exemptions and deductions that…
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Dec 12, 2012
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Dec 12, 2012
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Municipal revenues and expenditures grew by just 2.7 percent to $22.6 billion in fiscal 2012, leaving Massachusetts cities and towns in the midst of a three-year slowdown that is unprecedented in the Proposition 2 ½ era, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s 42nd annual Municipal…
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