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One year into the Affordable Homes Act: What Has It Accomplished and What Else Can Be Done?
The Affordable Homes Act (AHA), a five-year bond bill signed in August 2024, authorized a wide range of capital housing investments through bond spending. Bond ...
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Protect Massachusetts’s Fiscal Stability: Which OB3 Tax Changes to Opt Out of and Why
Unfortunately, changes to the federal corporate tax code included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OB3) will make our state fiscal situation worse. Many ...
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Baby Bonds Will Drive Prosperity for Massachusetts Children
What are baby bonds? Baby bonds, or baby accounts, are an investment funded by the government on behalf of a child soon after birth. Baby ...
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Due to Single Sales Factor Apportionment, Multinational Corporations Cannot Dodge State Taxes by Reducing Workforce or Capital Investments in Massachusetts
Moving operations or employees out of Massachusetts won’t reduce a corporation’s taxes on its profits by a single dollar, because the share of corporate profits ...
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MassBudget’s Analysis of the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act
The state budget Governor Maura Healey signed on July 4th for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 reflects both caution in the face of federal funding threats ...
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Local Revenue for Affordable Housing: Why the Community Preservation Act Isn’t Enough
Massachusetts' severe shortage of affordable housing is not insurmountable, but existing revenue sources are not sufficient to build and maintain it at scale. The state ...
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Comparative Analysis of the House & Senate Budget Proposals: Opportunities for the Conference Committee to Promote Equity and Uplift Communities
MassBudget examines differences between the House's and the Senate’s FY 2026 budget proposals in specific policy areas and provides recommendations on what the Conference Committee ...
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MassBudget’s Analysis of the FY 2026 House Budget Proposal
The House budget recommendation for FY 2026 outlines $61.5 billion in spending (before accounting for pre-budget spending and adjustments). With federal budget cuts looming, Fair ...
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By Taxing GILTI Profits, Massachusetts Can Reclaim Millions in Revenue Lost to Corporate Offshore Tax Dodging
Changing the state approach to Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income would allow the Commonwealth to reclaim a sizable share of the tax revenue lost to international ...
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Local Revenue is a Key Tool to Advance Housing Affordability
A real estate transfer fee on high-end transactions can raise significant revenue at the local level, allow communities to address local affordable housing needs, and ...
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