All posts by J. Scott Moody
Tax Reform Bill is Too Flawed to Become Law
Read the full report | The June 8th referendum on LD 1495—Maine’s recent tax reform bill—will allow Mainers the opportunity to decide on the merits of the tax reform bill. Unfortunately, like many pieces of legislation today at both the …
Maine Property Taxpayers Should Have Paid $188 Million Less (10%) in Property Taxes in 2008
Read the full Report | As a result of huge spending increases at the local level and a failure to pass along increased state aid, property taxpayers
Understanding Maine’s Business Climate
Read the full report | What is Maine’s business climate? That is an age-old question that is usually answered with one anecdote or another. Depending on one’s
Setting the Record Straight on Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Read the full report | As time draws closer for Mainers to pass the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (Question 4) on November 3, the rhetoric from the
Taxpayer Bill of Rights (Question 4) Needed Now More than Ever: Between FY 2008 and FY 2009, 58 percent of Maine’s towns lost a combined 3,056 people while those towns increased property taxes by $45 million
Read the full report | A startling picture of dropping population in Maine’s towns combined with an increasing property tax burden is creating a vicious economic cycle
The “Welcome Back Tax” Created by an Unconstitutional Tax Reform Law
Read the full report | A key objective of the LD 1495 tax reforms was to “export” more Maine taxes to non-residents and visiting tourists. The law
Comments on the Welcome Back Tax
Press Conference Announcing a Constitutional Challenge to Maine’s “Welcome Back Tax”
Penalizing Families Moving to Maine with up to $2,200 in Higher Income Taxes
300 Million Reasons Why the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Helps Maine’s Beleaguered Taxpayers
Read the full report | On November 7, 2006, the citizens of Maine voted on a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Unfortunately, the initiative failed by a close margin (46
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Needed Now More than Ever
Read the full report | The dramatic disparity between the growth in private versus public sector employment in Maine illustrates the need for the Taxpayer Bill of
LD 1495: Frankenstein Tax Reform
Read the full report | Since LD 1495, which replaced LD 1088, became the law of the land, everyone from the Governor on down has been crowing
The Maine Heritage Policy Center
