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RESULTS: Will You Commute To Work When The COVID-19 Crisis Is Over?

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PIONEER OPPORTUNITY POLICY AREAS

COVID-19 ECONOMIC IMPACT

April 20, 2021

Study Shows the Adverse Effects of Graduated Income Tax Proposal on Small Businesses

The state constitutional amendment promoted by the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union to add a 4 percent surtax to all annual income above $1 million will adversely impact a significant number of pass-through businesses, ultimately slowing the Commonwealth’s economic recovery from COVID-19, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.

April 1, 2021

New Study Warns Graduated Income Tax Will Harm Many Massachusetts Retirees

March 25, 2021

Study: Graduated Income Tax Proponents Rely on Analyses That Exclude the Vast Majority Of “Millionaires” to Argue Their Case

March 15, 2021

Report Contrasts State Government and Private Sector Employment Changes During Pandemic

February 16, 2021

Wealth Migration Trends: Remote Work Technology Empowers Workers to Live Anywhere

February 10, 2021

New Study Finds Pandemic-Spurred Technologies Lowered Barriers to Exit in High-Cost States

February 9, 2021

Interstate Legal Skirmish: New Hampshire Takes Massachusetts Telecommuter Tax to the Supreme Court

JOBS AND BUSINESS CLIMATE

April 20, 2021

The Graduated Income Tax Trap: A Tax on Small Businesses

This policy brief finds that the state constitutional amendment promoted by the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union to add a 4 percent surtax to all annual income above $1 million will adversely impact a significant number of pass-through businesses, ultimately slowing the Commonwealth’s economic recovery from COVID-19.