Restore Massachusetts Sales Tax To 5 Percent, Citizens for Limited Taxation Says

Restore Massachusetts Sales Tax To 5 Percent, Citizens for Limited Taxation Says

Massachusetts legislators should roll back the state's sales tax to 5 percent, where it was for decades until the state Legislature increased it in 2009, an anti-tax group says.

The state's sales tax is currently 6.25 percent, with a 0.75 percent local option that pushes it to 7 percent in some cities and towns.

Around New England

Anybody Want A Wind Turbine?  How About Two?  Cape Town Officials Would Like To Know

Matthew McDonald

Falmouth officials are trying to mitigate the financial damage to the town from two stilled wind turbines.

Removing them is estimated to cost between $8.1 and $9.6 million, and the town is also potentially on the hook for $3.5 million of a $5 million loan from the state's Clean Water Trust.

Read More