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...

On April 28, Governor Baker announced the formation of a 19-member Advisory Board to determine the best ways to open the economy. Chaired by Lt. Governor Polito and Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Michael Kennealy, along with...

The MA Department of Revenue released new technical information (TIR 20-5) which provides a narrow exception to corporate excise tax nexus for companies whose employees are working from home in Massachusetts solely because of the pandemic. The...

FY 2021 tax revenues are projected to fall by $6 billion or 19.3 percent from the January 2020 benchmark. Massive layoffs push the unemployment rate to nearly 22 percent in Q4 FY 2020, causing withholding taxes to decline by $1.9 billion. Shutting...

On April 28, Governor Baker announced the formation of a 19-member Advisory Board to determine the best ways to open the economy. Chaired by Lt. Governor Polito and Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Michael Kennealy, along with...