Tax revenues will grow by $980 million, or 3.8 percent, to $26.69 billion in fiscal 2017, slower than the 4.6 percent annual average over the past five years and below that of previous economic recoveries, according to a new forecast released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.Eileen…

Troubling state budgetary practices have left the Commonwealth’s Stabilization Fund balance insufficient to meet the next fiscal downturn and immediate action is needed to increase and safeguard the fund for future use, according to a report released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation…

On behalf of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, I am writing in support of House Bill 3639, An Act to clarify the net-worth measure of the corporate excise.