Taxes and Budget The Maine Capital Investment Credit (“bonus depreciation”) is an Ineffective and Unnecessary Giveaway to Large Businesses Maine lawmakers should reject Governor LePage’s new plan to extend ineffective and unnecessary retroactive tax breaks to big businesses. As part of his tax “conformity” bill, Governor […] Joel Johnson Posted January 28, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes
Taxes and Budget The Sunday Telegram Analysis of LePage’s Tax Plan is Fatally Flawed. Ignore it. The table that appeared on Page 10 of this week’s Maine Sunday Telegram is fatally flawed due to a variety of calculation errors and faulty methodology. It […] Joel Johnson Posted January 26, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update Maine has now lost MORE THAN $356 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting federal […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 20, 2015 Tags Health Care, Medicaid