The Cigarette and Tobacco Products License Fees
The Cigarette and Tobacco Products License Fees The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 273
Read More →Imagine Calling a Maine Hospital and Getting an Advance Price on the Cost of Your Treatment
Sometimes in Maine we seem to be the last to jump on board with national trends. HCA, a national for-profit chain of 165 hospitals, will “begin telling patients in advance […]
Read More →The Tobacco Products Tax
The Tobacco Products Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 268
Read More →Taxes Matter V . . . Oh, and Regulation too.
In the February 24 to March 2 edition of the “The Economist” magazine was a special report on offshore finance (subscription required). The essentials of the report is best summarized […]
Read More →Some Good Health Care News
Not everything is negative with US health care and health care spending. Consider this information from the National Center on Policy Analysis: BURYING GOOD NEWS Health care costs are increasing […]
Read More →Expanding Sales Tax to Services is Bad Tax Policy
In Augusta, there are rumblings about expanding the sales tax base to include services in order to increase revenue. Some want to spend the revenue increase, others want to reduce […]
Read More →Educational Service Districts in Maine: Western Maine Educational Collaborative
Read the full report | In January, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released a Maine View report, Education Service Districts: Achieving school administrative cost savings while protecting local control and […]
Read More →Additions to Tax Reform Testimony
On Monday, February 12, 2007, I testified before the Joint Committee on Taxation on the issue of tax reform. See my prepared remarks here. I made two additional recommendations to […]
Read More →Retired Government Worker Benefits Finally Accounted
How much do state governments and municipalities owe in promised retiree benefits? It is a good question, which is not easily answered. However, with the new Governmental Accounting Standards Board […]
Read More →The Cigarette Tax
The Cigarette Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 266 P.S. The Governor’s recent budget […]
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