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Why does Massachusetts have a motor vehicle excise tax?
BOSTON — It is April in Massachusetts. Time for these annual rites of passage like watching flowers bloom within the Public Backyard, cheering on marathon runners and paying the dreaded ‘T’ phrase.
“Simply paid the excise tax, due on the finish of March,” stated one parkgoer.
“That excise tax is brutal,” added one other.
The motorcar excise tax is a burden, little question, however why do we’ve got it? And is there any likelihood it may go away?
Massachusetts is one among 27 states that expenses residents simply to personal a automobile. Principally, the tax is $25 for each $1000 of valuation, with different concerns.
Eileen McAnenny, of the Pioneer Institute, an impartial native assume tank, explains why we’ve got it when others do not.
“Massachusetts tends to offer extra social providers and different providers and have greater price than many different states,” she stated. “In order that they search for quite a lot of sources of income and extra sources of tax income than many different states”.
It’s a state tax, however cities and cities acquire it.
Although many assume it is used for streets and roads, transportation or different infrastructure, that is truly not the case. The cash goes into the final fund, so each municipality can use it nevertheless it desires.
“It is a income for cities and cities, and subsequent to actual property tax it is in all probability their largest supply of earnings,” stated McAnenny.
And it has been for a while. The tax was first collected in 1928, again when the Ford Mannequin-A was the most well-liked automotive in America. Since then, the state has grown to depend upon it virtually as a lot as we rely on automobiles, so do not depend on it going away.
“It is a headache that is not going away as a result of cities and cities depend on it to offer providers. I do assume they’d change it with another type of taxation,” defined McAnenny.
When monitoring the income taken in for every metropolis and city within the state, Boston took in virtually $61,000,000 final yr. Worcester took in $18,000,000, that is greater than the mixed finances of the Worcester Public Library and several other departments, so there may be utility there.
There are additionally exemptions and abatements to the tax.
After all, you’ll be able to forego all of it collectively however that seemingly includes one other T phrase – the MBTA.
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Conservative radio host blasts Massachusetts Democrats and migrant shelter policy at State House rally
A local conservative radio host went on multiple profanity-laced diatribes against migrants arriving in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey, and Beacon Hill Democrats during a Saturday rally outside the State House that drew hundreds of people.
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Massachusetts high school scores from Friday
BASEBALL
Andover 4, Haverhill 0
Ayer Shirley 6, Bromfield 4
Billerica 5, Lowell 4
Braintree 4, King Philip 0
Cathedral 6, Roxbury Prep 2
Clinton 4, Littleton 3
Duxbury 11, Quincy 3
Groton 9, Phillips Academy Andover 5
Groton-Dunstable 5, Marlboro 2
Hanover 5, Marshfield 0
Lowell Catholic 6, Whittier 3
Mansfield 9, Oliver Ames 8
Monomoy 10, Rising Tide 0
Mystic Valley 8, Everett 2
North Andover 4, Dracut 2
North Middlesex 11, Fitchburg 0
Norwell 10, Sandwich 2
Oliver Ames 9, Mansfield 8
Pingree 4, Middlesex 3
Plymouth South 10, Hingham 3
St. John Paul II 13, Nantucket 3
St. John’s Prep 4, Lawrence 3
St. Mark’s 6, Cushing 3
St. Mary’s (L) 8, Bishop Fenwick 3
Shawsheen 6, Greater Lawrence 2
Somerville 9, Winchester 4
Tewksbury 3, Chelmsford 2
Westford Academy 10, Bedford 0
Whitman-Hanson 9, Scituate 0
GIRLS GOLF
BOYS LACROSSE
Apponequet 10, Old Rochester 4
Billerica 14, Dracut 5
Bishop Fenwick 10, St. Mary’s (L) 4
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Nauset 5
Dartmouth 12, Plymouth North 3
Duxbury 11, Lincoln-Sudbury 9
Lexington 10, Stoneham 3
Littleton 6, Shepherd Hill 2
Lynnfield 16, Hamilton-Wenham 0
Martha’s Vineyard 8, Monomoy 6
Minuteman 13, Mystic Valley 3
Newburyport 17, North Reading 1
Old Colony 17, Upper Cape 1
Pentucket 13, Essex Tech 11
Reading 15, Wakefield 5
Quincy/North Quincy 10, Braintree 9
Sandwich 7, Plymouth South 6 (ot)
Southeastern 16, Blue Hills 6
Stoughton 9, Dedham 6
Taunton 8, Norton 7
GIRLS LACROSSE
Abington 15, Rockland 8
Apponequet 13, Old Rochester 10
Bishop Feehan 12, Holliston 6
Bishop Fenwick 8, St. Mary’s (L) 6
Braintree 18, Quincy 4
Burlington 18, Woburn 8
Dartmouth 14, Plymouth North 6
Dexter Southfield 18, St. Mark’s 7
Hamilton-Wenham 17, Lynnfield 9
Lexington 15, Stoneham 4
Lincoln-Sudbury 9, Bedford (NH) 5
Malden 11, Northeast 5
Manchester Essex 13, Georgetown 0
Newburyport 16, North Reading 1
North Attleboro 9, Oliver Ames 7
Norwell 8, Foxboro 6
Pentucket 19, Essex Tech 7
St. John Paul II 12, Nauset 11
Tewksbury 12, Lowell 5
Upper Cape 14, Old Colony 7
Ursuline 8, Dedham 6
Wayland 15, Boston Latin 9
Winchester 22, Watertown 10
SAILING
Winchester 4, BC High 0
SOFTBALL
Apponequet 12, New Bedford 0
Arlington Catholic 5, Wakefield 4
Bedford 7, Westford Academy 0
Beverly 5, Masconomet 0
Bishop Feehan 14, Newton North 2
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Braintree 2
Canton 17, Durfee 10
Dedham 12, Holliston 0
Dennis-Yarmouth 16, Barnstable 8
Georgetown 13, Rockport 3
Gloucester 2, Danvers 0
Groton-Dunstable 8, Oakmont 7
Hamilton-Wenham 6, Manchester Essex 5
Hopkinton 20, Dover-Sherborn 0
King Phillip 3, Archbishop Williams 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Tyngsboro 2
Lynnfield 4, Triton 2
Marblehead 1, Saugus 0
Marshfield 8, Hanover 7 (9i)
Minuteman 9, Shawsheen 6
Monomoy 7, Falmouth 4
Nauset 12, Sturgis 9
Needham 14, Natick 2
Norton 3, Westwood 0
Norwell 13, Sandwich 5
Pentucket 7, Newburyport 4
Plymouth North 16, Quincy/North Quincy 4
Plymouth South 4, Hingham 1
Rivers 4, Dexter Southfield 1
Silver Lake 5, Pembroke 0
Taunton 8, Oliver Ames 0
Tewksbury 13, Haverhill 1
Wayland 7, Boston Latin 4 (9i)
Whitman-Hanson 15, Scituate 0 (5i)
Winchester 16, Somerville 6
BOYS RUGBY
Marshfield 29, Hingham 24
BOYS TENNIS
Andover 3, Cambridge 2
Apponequet 4, Dartmouth 1
Arlington 5, Malden Catholic 0
Barnstable 3, Nauset 2
Billerica 3, Tewksbury 2
Dedham 5, Holliston 0
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hanover 4, Marshfield 1
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Lowell 4, Lawrence 1
Manchester Essex 5, Ipswich 0
Marblehead 4, Beverly 1
Martha’s Vineyard 4, Monomoy 1
Nantucket 4, Rising Tide 1
North Quincy 5, Plymouth North 0
Norton 3, Westwood 2
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Rivers 7, St. Sebastian’s 0
Scituate 5, Whitman-Hanson 0
St. John’s Prep 3, Newton North 2
Wayland 4, Boston Latin 1
Westford Academy 3, Bedford 2
Weymouth 4, Norwell 1
GIRLS TENNIS
Andover 5, Billerica 0
Danvers 5, Saugus 0
Dartmouth 3, Apponequet 2
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Rockport 0
Hanover 3, Marshfield 2
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Holliston 5, Dedham 0
Lynnfield 4, Swampscott 1
Marblehead 3, Beverly 2
Manchester Essex 3, Ipswich 2
Monomoy 4, Martha’s Vineyard 1
Nantucket 5, Rising Tide 0
Nauset 5, Barnstable 0
Needham 4, Natick 1
North Andover 5, Lowell 0
Plymouth North 5, North Quincy 0
Sharon 4, Oliver Ames 1
BOYS TRACK
GIRLS TRACK
Apponequet 89, Somerset Berkley 47
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Brookline 3, North Quincy 0
Haverhill 3, Lawrence 0
Lexington 3, Cambridge 1
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Westford Academy 0
Malden 3, Arlington 1
Needham 3, Lowell 0
New Bedford 3, Durfee 0
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Revere 3, Madison Park 2
Wayland 3, Newton South 0
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Massachusetts lotto player wins second $1 million prize in just 10 weeks
A Massachusetts woman miraculously cashed in her second $1 million lottery ticket in just 10 weeks.
Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, struck gold again playing the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, lottery officials announced on Wednesday.
She had purchased the ticket at Family Food Mart in Mansfield, which will receive $10,000 for selling the big winner.
Just over 2 months ago, Wilson claimed a $1 million prize off a “Lifetime Millions” $50 instant ticket on Feb. 23. She had purchased that ticket at Dubs’s Discount Liquors in Mansfield.
She decided to receive both of her prizes in the form of lump cash payments of $650,000 each — before taxes.
Wilson told the Massachusetts State Lottery after the first win that she planned to buy a new SUV, which she did.
Following her second $1 million win, she said she’ll put the money in savings.
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