FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to reimburse a retired employee $353.38 due to an incorrect W2 form. Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay opposed the vote. Shannon Smith of Wilton, who represented her husband, Albert Smith, requested the reimbursement. Her husband had worked for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department for 38 years, including […]
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Newspaper sales tax
Gov. Paul LePage first proposed applying the 5 percent sales tax to newspapers and other periodicals. The Legislature approved increasing the overall sales tax to 5.5 percent. The governor vetoed this budget, but his veto was overridden. The information was unclear in a story Tuesday.
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Turner tax rate goes up
TURNER — Selectmen on Tuesday raised the tax rate 76 cents, to $15.74 per $1,000 of property value for 2013-14. The increase was attributed to the Regional School Unit 52 assessment going up by $202,717 and state revenue-sharing going down by $51,764. Selectmen decided to allocate $200,000 from the town’s unappropriated fund balance to help […]
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IRS issues tax rules for married gay couples
WASHINGTON — The government on Thursday said that all legally married gay couples will be able to file joint federal tax returns even if they reside in states that do not recognize same-sex marriages. The decision came in rules issued by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service designed to implement the tax aspects […]
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Jay tax rate expected to increase
JAY — Selectmen are scheduled to set the tax rate for 2013-14 at their Monday night meeting. The rate will have to go up, but not dramatically, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said. Last year’s rate was $13.75 per $1,000 of value. The new rate will increase by less than 50 cents, she said. The reason […]
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Auburn School Committee to consider budget that won’t raise taxes
AUBURN — The School Committee will consider a budget next week that would not raise property taxes, Superintendent Katy Grondin said Thursday. Voters rejected school budgets on June 11 and July 23. By state law, the soonest the third vote can take place is Aug. 20, City Manager Clinton Deschene said. Under that schedule, the […]
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Taxes topic of special Lewiston meeting
LEWISTON — Councilors will crack open their budget books again at a specially scheduled workshop meeting Wednesday. “We hope to get a budget option finalized so we can come back on July 16 and do the actual budget amendment,” City Administrator Ed Barrett said. “We’ll also take a quick look at our capital budget to […]
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Roxbury town meeting scheduled for Tuesday
ROXBURY — A special town meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Town Hall, 1095 Roxbury Road. The warrant includes three articles: * To see if the town will amend the official shoreland zoning map. A copy of the map and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection conditional approval are […]
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Option for local sales tax sinks in Maine Senate
AUGUSTA — Just hours after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported a bill that would have allowed local municipalities to vote on increasing sales taxes, the state Senate soundly defeated the measure. LD 427, “An Act to Authorize Options for Local Revenue Enhancement,” authored by Rep. Sharri MacDonald, R-Old Orchard Beach, would have allowed towns […]
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Phillips officials urging attendance at school budget hearing
PHILLIPS — Selectmen on Tuesday urged townspeople to attend the district budget hearing Thursday night at Mt. Abram High School. They agreed that the current SAD 58 budget could have an impact on the town’s taxes, despite their efforts to cut spending. “Our tax rate has gone down for the past three years, from 18.5 […]