Rules reforms are step one in a wider cultural change needed in the Massachusetts State House, one in which rank-and-file legislators must be willing to be more proactive and to remember that they ultimately work for their constituents, not for anyone else.
Peter Enrich
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Getting facts straight on PPP taxation
THERE HAVE BEEN many confused news reports, editorials, and opinion pieces on whether Massachusetts business owners will pay state taxes on their federal PPP grants. Amy Pitter’s op-ed adds to the confusion, providing readers with inaccurate information. As we recently explained, under existing laws, businesses – passthroughs and corporations alike – will not pay state […]
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Say no to ‘double-dip’ PPP tax break
STRUGGLING SMALL businesses are being used once again by anti-tax zealots to push legislators and the public alike into supporting a new and ill-advised state tax break. Advocates for this new tax break for sole proprietorships, pass-through businesses, and the like, are claiming that the COVID relief dollars that many big and small businesses received […]