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How Much Would a Transfer Fee on Expensive Real Estate Generate for Your City or Town?

MassBudget Staff November 27, 2023 Budget Resources Housing

An interactive dashboard that provides data for each of Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns on how much revenue a community could raise by collecting an ...

How Much Will Each District Benefit from the New Child & Dependent Tax Credit?

Jason Wright November 8, 2023 Budget Resources Kids Taxes

The proposed Child and Family Tax Credit would help families by providing a refundable credit each year for each child under 13 and dependent adults ...

Who Benefits from the New Tax Package?

Kurt Wise October 30, 2023 Budget Resources Taxes

The new tax package is the largest set of tax changes the Commonwealth has seen in some 15 years and will cost the Commonwealth over ...

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FY 2021 BUDGET PREVIEW: Revenue Expectations for the FY 2021 State Budget

Kurt Wise January 16, 2020 Budget Brief Budget Resources Taxes

With a new commitment to increasing state K-12 education funding and the ever more obvious need to repair and upgrade our transportation systems, will lawmakers ...

FY 2021 BUDGET PREVIEW: Delivering on the K-12 Education Funding Overhaul & the Student Opportunity Act (SOA)

Colin Jones January 14, 2020 Budget Resources Education Kids

Now that the state has revamped its education funding formula, how will lawmakers fund these changes in this first year of implementation?

FY 2021 BUDGET PREVIEW: Will the Transportation Budget Reflect New Realities? 6 Things to Look Out For

Phineas Baxandall January 10, 2020 Budget Resources Transportation

Will the Governor's FY 2021 budget proposal indicate his commitment toward improving public transit, developing regional rail, reducing traffic congestion, and other priorities?

FY 2021 BUDGET PREVIEW: Will the Governor reboot his dependent deduction proposal or take a more targeted approach?

Phineas Baxandall January 6, 2020 Budget Resources Kids Taxes

Will the Governor again propose to double the state's dependent deduction, which wasn't adopted by the Legislature, or will state lawmakers provide more targeted tax ...

Testimony to the Joint Committee on Revenue on the EITC

Phineas Baxandall July 23, 2019 Budget Resources Health Jobs & the Economy Taxes Testimony

What is the Actual State Cost of MassHealth in 2019?

Nancy Wagman June 7, 2019 Budget Resources Health Kids

Every month, the MassHealth program (Massachusetts' Medicaid program) provides health insurance for more than 1.8 million residents of the Commonwealth: children in low-income households; low-wage ...

Senate final budget makes some progress with limited new revenues for FY 2020

MassBudget Staff May 29, 2019 Budget Brief Budget Resources

House final budget proposes modest investments, no significant new revenue for FY 2020

MassBudget Staff May 8, 2019 Budget Brief Budget Resources

Testimony to the Joint Committee on Revenue on the Need to Invest in Education and Transportation

Marie-Frances Rivera April 11, 2019 Budget Resources Education Testimony Transportation

Where Do Our Budget Numbers Come From?

MassBudget Staff February 10, 2019 Budget Brief Budget Resources

Analyzing the Governor’s Budget for FY 2020

MassBudget Staff February 5, 2019 Budget Brief Budget Resources Health

The Governor’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposal provides modest increases in funding for public education, human services, and several other important investments. This new ...

Five Things to Look for in the FY 2020 Budget

MassBudget Staff January 22, 2019 Budget Brief Budget Resources Health

Anyone who has set foot in a public school, driven on a road, or gone to a public park has been touched by the state ...

14 Options for Raising Progressive Revenue

Phineas Baxandall , Kurt Wise January 14, 2019 Budget Resources Taxes

How to collect enough revenue to pay for the things we accomplish together as a Commonwealth and how to collect that revenue fairly are questions ...

Analyzing the State Budget for FY 2019

MassBudget Staff September 6, 2018 Budget Brief Budget Resources

Budget Monitor Conference Preview: Differences Between the Senate and House Budgets for FY 2019

MassBudget Staff June 6, 2018 Budget Resources

The House and Senate Budgets reflect similar values: expanding access to education, helping working families to make ends meet (with an expansion of the Earned ...