Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the state balance sheet is strong enough for Beacon Hill to still carry out its economic development agenda. Year-over-year tax collections grew over 20 percent, and the state surplus is at an eye-popping $4.9 billion. There…

Eileen McAnneny, the president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said she thinks it’s possible. And she questioned whether it made sense to impose what she considers a politically risky tax on millionaires when the cap is simply going to return a large portion of the revenue the tax will…

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business-backed budget watchdog, projected last week that lawmakers will have a surplus of nearly $3.6 billion from the fiscal year that ended last week, an amount it called “historic.”

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation projected last week that the Legislature will have a $3.6 billion budget surplus available once final accounting is complete for fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30. The state Department of Revenue has not yet reported how much the state collected in taxes…

Our organizations, representing thousands of employers and hundreds of thousands of employees in Massachusetts, write to urge you to adopt the tax changes included in H.4361, An Act to improve Massachusetts’ competitiveness and reduce the cost of living. The unique combination of tax adjustments…

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Pioneer Institute and Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce are among those who have signed onto the lawsuit.

For analysis on the budget proposal and Baker’s tax cut plans, WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Eileen McAnneny, President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

Eileen McAnneny, president of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, told the Globe in an interview that the Legislature should take advantage of the “enviable” position Massachusetts finds itself this year. “You can do tax relief and you can increase targeted spending,”…

But Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the tax plan would provide much-needed relief to the state’s “most vulnerable” including senior citizens, working families, and those with modest incomes. McAnneny said the plan is also “affordable” due largely to…

“Massachusetts is making itself a more inviting place for innovators, for investors, for small business owners, for retirees — they can come to our great state, they can plant roots here, they can create jobs here, and they can take advantage of all that we have to offer,” McAnneny said at the…