Category: News/Updates - Part 2
Gas Price Tick as Conferees Work on Tax Bill
While House and Senate leaders continue work on a bill that would raise the gas tax, AAA reported that gas prices in Massachusetts rose an average of two cents per gallon over the past week, to an average of $3.51 a gallon. Gas costs are up 9 cents over the past month in Massachusetts, but…
Tax Collections Down Over the Month
The state’s official revenue benchmark envisions an 8.2 percent surge in tax collections during April, but receipts over the first half of the month were down $10 million, or 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to the Department of Revenue. The state’s benchmark calls for total collections this month of $2.714…
Plastic Bag Ban Wins Again in Committee
Massachusetts could become the first state to ban plastic bag use at large retail stores, part of an effort to prevent litter from harming marine animals and to reduce waste scattered through streets and stuck in tree branches. Lawmakers on the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Committee quickly moved the legislation (H 696 and S…
House Turns Down Income and Sales Tax Cuts
House Democrats voted down a plan to roll back the state’s income and sales tax rates back to 5 percent over five years. The amendment failed 35 to 118. The state’s income tax rate is 5.25 percent and its sales tax rate is 6.25 percent.
Transportation Finance Bill – Mass Senate
The Senate cleared legislation to raise gas, tobacco and business taxes in Massachusetts by $500 million and eventually dedicating up to $800 million a year in new revenues for transportation during the rare Saturday session. Senate President Therese Murray presided over the session as the Senate roared through more than 100 amendments to the legislation…
Health Care Payment Reform – House and Senate Distinctions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Debra A. Boronski, President (617) 512-9667 Health Care Payment Reform – House and Senate Distinctions Boston MA – June 27, 2012 – The Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce has made a thorough assessment of the major differences between the House and Senate versions of payment reform legislation. Debra A. Boronski, President of…
2012 Annual Meeting
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