Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Eileen McAnneny said it’s “good news” the state won’t have to dip into the stabilization fund. ...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation has estimated the system will see a $308 million deficit. ...

Aiello, the chair of the control board, said he was concerned about the high level of borrowing by the MBTA for capital projects, which shows up on the transit authority’s operating budget as debt service. “This is shooting up at a rate that is...

MTF President Eileen McAnneny testified last week at the Economic Roundtable convened by budget writers to help them determine the size of the revenue shortfall for FY2021. The state has been operating on an interim budget since the start of the...

MTF’s President Eileen McAnneny said, “while our revised tax revenue forecast has improved since MTF’s April projection, the improvement is due largely to unprecedented levels of federal financial assistance.  Numerous headwinds could slow the...

Pandemics, presidential elections, and public unrest -- what does it mean for tax policy? Featured guest: Geoffrey Snyder, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Revenue Featured speaker: Dr. Larry Sabato - "A Crystal Ball...

The second report suggests the authority’s success over the last few years in addressing long-standing maintenance and modernization needs may come to a halt in four years. The report describes an “impending chasm” between the billions of dollars...

This report, which examines the MBTA’s sources and planned uses of capital funding, finds “an impending chasm” between the costs to maintain and modernize the Authority’s existing infrastructure and available sources to pay for these investments. At...

The intent of the emergency regulation, this proposed regulation and the related Technical Information Release is to maintain the tax treatment of income received by employees who previously worked in Massachusetts, but due to pandemic-caused...

As Bay State officials stare at a $6 billion structural deficit amid plummeting tax revenue, adding this program would be quite difficult, said Eileen McAnneny of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “The state would be hard-pressed to find...