According to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Baker’s budget includes a $100 million increase in Health Safety Net Hospital Assessments ($75 million of it due this fiscal year). The money would not be directed into the program that reimburses hospitals that treat large numbers of uninsured…

Doug Howgate, executive vice president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, who previously advised Senate President Karen Spilka on health care policy, said he expects that outside groups this time will look seriously at Baker’s proposal. “Obviously, we want something that gives people…

The Baker Administration has released its budget proposal (House 1) for FY 2022, just over 6 weeks after signing the FY 2021 General Appropriations Act. This bulletin provides an overview of notable spending, revenue and policy elements of the $45.9 billion plan. The Administration’s budget…

“The overarching theme of the budget is, there are a lot of moving parts. So stay tuned,” said Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business-backed budget watchdog. “All the revenue is up in the air at this point.”

“Replacing that revenue is among the biggest challenge budget writers face in balancing the FY2022 budget,” Mass. Taxpayers Foundation said as it also flagged that Baker is using $64 million in one-time revenues from further delaying a charitable contribution tax deduction and proposes to raise an…

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said there are still “many moving pieces” in a budget landscape likely to change significantly before July 1. “When we think about the main sources of revenue — tax revenues, fed money and non-tax state revenue — it is still…

MTF President Eileen McAnneny said the bullish projections were predicated on sales taxes jumping 7.1%, or $484 million, and withholding income tax climbing nearly 4%, or $522 million. Gas and room occupancy taxes could also rebound significantly, she said. "There is a light at the end of the…

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said unemployment levels are not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024. McAnneny noted that the pandemic has also pushed people out of the labor force, with 228,000 people having left the labor force entirely…

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation projected $29.73 billion in tax revenues in fiscal 2022, with President Eileen McAnneny laying out the reasoning behind her “cautiously optimistic” scenario. In a seven-page report, McAnneny said the MTF projections assume 70% of the population will be…

MTF expects tax revenues to increase by $1.54 billion to $29.73 billion in FY 2022, a $1.54 billion or 5.5 percent increase from the most recent FY 2021 projection of $28.19 billion. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation FY 2022 forecast is $1.68 billion more than the Baker administration’s…