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Showing posts with label sales tax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sales tax. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2024

State tax sale weekend, yup, this one, this year, is SATURDAY & SUNDAY (810-8/11)

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"The state’s annual sales tax holiday arrives this weekend, bringing some relief to shoppers and the chance to save on some big-ticket ...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Local taxes on meals, hotels could rise under Healey plan

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"Governor Maura Healey, who this week swore off raising state taxes, unveiled sweeping legislation Friday that would allow towns and ci...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Consensus on the MA revenue forecast remains to be set but 2 hours of hearing updates gets it started

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"TOP BUDGET OFFICIALS from the Legislature say they intend to abide by the will of the voters and make sure all revenue from the new mi...
Saturday, August 14, 2021

Sales tax-free weekend starts Saturday in MA

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"It should be a big weekend for television and appliance sales in Massachusetts — the annual sales tax holiday starts on Saturday. This...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

In the News: decline in cigarette tax stamp sales may exceed forecast

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From the  Milford Daily News , an article of interest for Franklin: "Cigarette sales in Massachusetts were down by 24% in August, acco...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

In the News: "Gov Baker touts tax-free weekend, $2M local biz ad campaign"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Gov. Charlie Baker visited a bicycle shop in Belmont on Tuesday, adm...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

MassBudget: Gas Tax Hikes May Challenge Long-Term Revenue Sustainability and Equity

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

MassBudget: How Do Mass. Business Taxes Compare to Other States?

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The answer may surprise you.        ...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

"the burden of trying to get this done for two of our busiest days of the week outweighed any possible benefit"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "When shoppers hit the malls and Main Streets later this month dur...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

In the News: tax deal on short term rental units; House hires a HR director

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin : "With the clock ticking on the end of the two-year session, House...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

“As this new industry is established: simpler is better”

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "From standardizing community host agreements to allowing porta-po...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

“There’s a lot of uncertainty now”

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Town Council will discuss an increase in retail marijuana tax at a...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

MassBudget: How the MBTA is held back by slow growth of its major funding source

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Slower than expected sales tax growth causing problems MassBudget    Information.    Participation. ...
Monday, August 7, 2017

“It was supposed to be temporary, but it became permanent”

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin : "After eight years of a 6.25 percent sales tax, some retailers ar...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

In the News: FY 2018 first month revenues; possible sale tax cut for ballot question

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Two articles related to the State budget. One on the revenues generated in the first month of the new fiscal year (FY 2018) and the second o...