Budget watchdogs are warning of more pain to come. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released last week, projected it could take five years for revenues to exceed prepandemic levels, and that the state could be looking at revenue...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a leading Beacon Hill watchdog group, recently revised its tax revenue forecast for next year, now predicting the state could collect $6 billion less than anticipated just five months ago. The foundation also...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a state watchdog group, issued a revised report this week projecting the state could collect $6 billion less in tax revenues in fiscal 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. MTF President Eileen McAnneny...

Last week, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation estimated that state tax revenues will fall by $6 billion, or nearly 20 percent, in the next fiscal year, from the revenue outlook that state leaders established in January. DeLeo conceded that the...

But defeat of the override will seem like a spring shower compared to the hurricane-sized threat posed by a potential COVID-caused loss of $800,000 to $1 million in state aid. A report released Monday, May 18, by the Massachusetts Taxpayers...

A Beacon Hill watchdog projects the state is facing a $6 billion revenue shortfall in the fiscal year that starts July 1. The report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said Massachusetts will need to find new revenue, or drastically cut...

MTF recently downgraded its FY 2021 tax revenue forecast to a loss of $6 billion, representing a nearly 20 percent decline from the $31.15 billion consensus benchmark. At 20 percent, the revised forecast places Massachusetts towards the...

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The work of the Special Commission on Regional and Local Public Health was codified recently by the legislature. MTF’s President Eileen McAnneny was part of this commission formed to determine how best to improve the numerous municipal public health...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has updated its "Frequently Asked Questions" for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to provide additional guidance based on continued feedback from lenders and borrowers. The program, targeted to small...