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MassBudget’s Look at the Fiscal Year 2025 House Ways and Means Budget Proposal
The House Ways and Means (HWM) Committee released its proposed budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The proposal reflects both an increase in anticipated ...
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Presentation: K-12 Funding Update for the Legislative Gateway Caucus
On March 27, 2024, Deputy Policy Director Colin Jones presented to the Legislative Gateway Caucus. He provided a briefing on K-12 funding and policy, including ...
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How Do Business Taxes in MA Compare to Other States?
MassBudget analyzed a recent data report by The Council on State Taxation (COST) - a Washington DC based trade association representing over 500 multistate and ...
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State charitable deduction, UI Trust Fund proposal will not benefit those most in need
Statement regarding the Fiscal Year 2021 Supplemental Budget released Wed. August 18, 2021 “While Governor Baker’s FY 2021 close-out budget attempts to give tax filers and ...
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Piecemeal Progress: An Exploration of Massachusetts Housing Investments
There is a housing crisis in Massachusetts — pre-dating the pandemic and worsened by it. This paper explores the role the state budget plays in ...
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A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies
Image transcription: A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies La-Brina Almeida, Policy Analyst 1933 The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was established to assist homeowners ...
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Testimony to the Joint Committee on Transportation in support of free public transit and discounted fares for low-income riders
To: Joint Committee on Transportation From: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Re: Legislation for fare-free public transit and discounted fares for low-income riders July 28, ...
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FY 2022 Recap: A Mixed Budget Season for the Commonwealth
It’s been a mixed budget season for Massachusetts in terms of state tax policy, unless the Legislature chooses to override the Governor’s veto. With the ...
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Using State Fiscal Recovery Funds: Sustainable, Equitable, and Community-Driven Planning
The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the availability of significant new federal revenue gives Massachusetts a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create building ...
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Statement on Governor Baker’s Sales Tax Holiday Proposal
“MassBudget holds a vision of an economically and racially just Commonwealth, one that is supported by fair and forward-thinking state tax and budget policy. Seen ...
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Towards the Other Side: Past the Pandemic and Beyond to an Equitable Recovery
Massachusetts children and families are beginning to look forward to the other side of the health and economic crises of 2020. But moving beyond the ...
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SUMMARY – The Cost of Universal, Affordable, High-Quality Early Care & Education Across Massachusetts
Massachusetts families depend on early care & education (ECE) to promote healthy child development and so parents can go to work knowing their children are ...
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Senate budget debate added millions for local projects and a few controversial proposals, but took no bold measures
If the Commonwealth is going to start building towards a bold economic recovery from the pandemic, the Legislature must ensure that the process is transparent ...
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SWM budget gives boost to low-income caregivers, does not seize opportunity for bold investments
The Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 contains some bright spots but does not seize the opportunity — ...
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Relief Is on the Way: Part II—On and Off
A lot of money has already come to Massachusetts from federal COVID relief legislation, and more is on the way. Will policymakers decide to spend ...
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Fim da Desvantagem Fiscal Contra o Trabalhador Imigrante
Os imigrantes de Massachusetts sofreram riscos desproporcionais trabalhando na linha de frente durante a pandemia. No entanto, milhares deles e suas famílias que trabalham e ...
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Ending the Tax Penalty Against Working Immigrants
Immigrants in Massachusetts have shouldered an outsized risk as frontline workers during the pandemic. Yet thousands of them and their families who work and pay ...
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结束针对工薪阶层新移民的税收处罚
在疫情期间，马萨诸塞州的新移民作为一线工人承担了巨大的风险。 然而，由于他们没有资格获得社会安全号码，数千名正在工作并纳税的人及其家庭因此而无法获得收入所得税抵免（EITC）的政府支持。 如果麻州政府将改税务优惠EITC扩展到允许使用所得税识别号（ITIN）纳税的人也可以申请，估计将有13200多户的家庭可以从中受益。 该举措对马萨诸塞州政府的预算，总计约为930万美元。
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