Petitions To Repeal The Massachusetts State Personal Income Tax
At the time of the 2002 and 2008 initiatives Massachusetts had an income tax rate of 5.3% on most sources of income.
- 2002 Statewide Ballot Question 1. In 2002, she sponsored an initiative petition to end the income tax in Massachusetts. This measure failed with 45% of the vote.
- 2008 Statewide Ballot Question 1. In 2007, she, along with fellow co-chair Michael Cloud, re-formed the Committee For Small Government (the group behind the 2002 effort to end the income tax). The Committee obtained enough petition signatures to put the issue on the ballot. The 2008 initiative differed from the 2002 initiative in that it provided a one year transition period with a tax rate of 2.65% before the tax rate would drop to zero. This measure failed with only 30% of the vote.
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