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2018 Income Tax Ballot Initiative

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Recent Massachusetts Tax Litigation

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MTF Tax Conference - DOR Commissioner Mark Nunnelly Presentation

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Closing the Books on FY 2015

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Stabilization Fund Dip During Recovery Puts State at Risk

Troubling state budgetary practices have left the Commonwealth’s Stabilization Fund balance insufficient to meet the next fiscal downturn and immediate action is needed to increase and safeguard the...

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Municipal Finance Data - 45th Edition

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MTF Forecast: Slower Growth in Tax Revenues in FY 2017

Tax revenues will grow by $980 million, or 3.8 percent, to $26.69 billion in fiscal 2017, slower than the 4.6 percent annual average over the past five years and below that of previous economic...

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Governor Baker's FY 2016 9C Reductions

On January 8th, Governor Baker announced $105 million in budget cuts and new revenues to partially address an midyear budget gap.

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FY 2017 Tax Revenue Agreement Reached

Today, the Executive Office of Administration & Finance (ANF) and the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means announced that the FY 2017 state budget will be built on $26.860 billion in tax...

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MTF’s Initial Analysis of the Governor’s Budget

Today, Governor Baker released his FY 2017 budget recommendations. His House 2 proposal recommends $39.55 billion in line item spending, an increase of $1.22 billion (3.2%) over FY 2016 projected...

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Capital Gains Revenue in Massachusetts

Last fall, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation released a Stabilization Fund report that drew attention to the risks the state runs by failing to rebuild “rainy day” reserves during times of...

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Health Care in Governor Baker’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal

MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, makes up 39 percent of spending in Governor Baker’s FY 2017 budget proposal – by far the single largest area of spending. This brief examines MassHealth...

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FY 2017 House Ways and Means Budget Preview

The House Committee on Ways and Means (HWM) is expected to release its budget on Wednesday, April 13th. This brief poses three important questions to consider when assessing how this proposal would...

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MTF’s Analysis of the FY 2017 House Ways & Means Budget

When measured against three key metrics of a fiscally responsible spending plan, the House Ways and Means (HWM) budget get good grades. Similar to the Governor’s budget in several key respects, the HWM...

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House Budget Amendments by the Numbers

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MTF’s Preliminary Analysis of the House Debate

This week, the House completed its debate of the FY 2017 budget. Over the course of three days, the House added $59.5 million in new budget spending and 91 new policy sections to the budget plan...

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FY 2016 Budget Update

This bulletin assesses the impact that recent tax collections may have on the state’s ability to end the year in balance and highlights some possible implications for FY 2017.

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FY 2017 Senate Ways and Means Budget Review

The Foundation offers a preview of issues to watch in the Senate Ways and Means FY 2017 budget.

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MTF’s Analysis of the Senate Ways and Means Budget

The Senate Ways and Means budget fares well when compared with the three fiscal criteria set out by the Foundation to analyze the FY 2017 budget. Sharing the fiscal approach adopted by the House and...

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MTF’s Preliminary Analysis of the Senate Debate

Late last week the Senate completed its FY 2017 budget process. During three days of debate, the Senate added $61.4 million in new spending and 181 new policy sections to the budget proposal submitted...

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