On behalf of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, I write to express my support for House Bill 2881: An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Estate Tax Code. Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is a non-partisan, nationally recognized, non-profit public policy research organization focusing on the…

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, noted that the risk of losing the state’s aging population to other states like Florida and New Hampshire has created a ripple effect on the state’s other revenues, including capital gains taxes, interest, dividends, and sales…

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, noted that the risk of losing the state's aging population to other states like Florida and New Hampshire already has a ripple effect on the state's other revenues, including capital gains taxes, interest, dividends, sales tax…

“The low exemption has made it essentially a middle-class tax burden if you own real estate in the Commonwealth,” notes Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, is urging lawmakers to consider doing the same. “Right now the burden of replenishing the fund falls solely on businesses when the cost really should be born more broadly,” she said during a Tuesday hearing before the Legislature…

Eileen McAnneny, president of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said she wasn’t surprised that the Supreme Court decided to stay out of the case, especially since the Baker administration eventually set an end date for the policy of 90 days after the state of emergency’s…

The legislature meeting in Constitutional Convention is expected to send that question onto the November 2022 ballot with a vote on Wednesday. But critics of the measure are poised for pushback. “It could be an impediment to investment, to innovation,” says Eileen McAnneny, president of the…

“Although the pandemic and addressing the public health and economic fallout from it has to be our top priority, we cannot lose sight of Massachusetts’ long-term transportation and environmental goals,” said Eileen McAnneny, president of MTF. “TCI is still an important collaboration for making…

The proposed Senate limitations could save the state $10 million to $15 million a year, according to an analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation estimated the changes proposed by Rodrigues would reduce the tab for the film tax credit by $10 to $15 million a year.