Budget Resources

Kids Count Data Center

Budget Browser

Recent

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

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 ...
Read More →

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

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 ...
Read More →

Who Benefits from the New Tax Package?

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 ...
Read More →

ALL BUDGET RESOURCES REPORTS

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

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 ...
Read More →

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...
Read More →

Testimony to the Joint Committee on Revenue on the EITC

Read More →

What is the Actual State Cost of MassHealth in 2019?

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 ...
Read More →

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

Read More →

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

Read More →

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

Read More →

Where Do Our Budget Numbers Come From?

Read More →

Analyzing the Governor’s Budget for FY 2020

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 ...
Read More →

Five Things to Look for in the FY 2020 Budget

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 ...
Read More →

14 Options for Raising Progressive Revenue

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 ...
Read More →

Analyzing the State Budget for FY 2019

Read More →

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

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 ...
Read More →
Scroll to Top

Get news from Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in your inbox.