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The Beacon Hill Institute Proudly Presents Biden Tax Policy and the Future of the US Economy By Special Guest Stephen Moore, Former Senior Economic Advisor to President Donald Trump and Founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Noon. To register, please visithttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd6lmublQYisGHUSL1M7be2STXpc9-dp2Qs4KQ7tLePi1jvQ/viewform?usp=sf_link A link will be sent to you on the date of the event. Lecture will be followed…

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From The Boston Globe (12/30/20) Prompt: In light of the MBTA Board’s vote to cut T service, is it time for the state legislature to increase funding to the MBTA? NO Nicholas Sammarco Economic Research Assistant at the Beacon Hill Institute, in Medway; Plainville resident In light of the MBTA board’s prudent decision in December to scale down service, it is certainly not the time for the state Legislature…

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(September 15, 2020) The Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) today released a study highlighting the potential economic losses from implementation of local option tax under consideration by the legislature. Amendment S. 2836 would permit cities and towns to impose a tax surcharge on sales, real or personal property taxes, room occupancy and vehicle excise taxes. Any revenue raised by the surcharges must be used by the city or town for…

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Full report available here. Photo credit: By Alexrk2 – Own workData from http://naturalearthdata.com/, Scale: 1:50 MioSRTM3, AVHRR Land Cover (http://www.landcover.org)ETOPO1 (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html), CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10126399

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Institute expects revenue to grow by 3.0 percent in FY 2021 (Boston, MA) – As the Massachusetts economy turns the corner amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, The Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) projects that state tax revenues will total $27.731 billion in FY 2020, 6.6% below FY 2019, and $28.562 billion in FY 2021, 3.0% above FY 2020. The shutdown clearly imposed costs on the state economy. In January, The Beacon…

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Full report in PDF format here.

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