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If you live in New England, you\u2019re likely familiar with Massachusetts\u2019 nickname: Taxachusetts.\u00a0 Although that moniker for Massachusetts is still somewhat relevant, taxpayers in Massachusetts woke up today with a .05% reduction in their state income tax rate.\u00a0 For 2016, the Massachusetts income tax rate dropped from 5.15% to 5.10%.\u00a0 Explaining why the tax rate dropped is a little bit more complicated and dates back to 2000.<\/p>\n

In 2000, the General Appropriation Act proposed a decrease in the state income tax from 5.95% to 5.75%, with the reduction occurring in three phases over the succeeding three years.\u00a0 However, that proposed reduction didn\u2019t sit well with Massachusetts residents and a ballot initiative was proposed, requiring the state income tax to be reduced to 5.0% by the year 2003.\u00a0 That ballot initiative passed in the general election in 2000 and the reduction in income taxes became the new law.\u00a0 However, in 2002, the Massachusetts legislature amended that statute and provided that the income tax rates would be reduced by 0.05% each year until the income tax reached 5.0%, where it would remain fixed at 5.0%.\u00a0 The amendment provided that the 0.05% reduction would only occur if certain economic conditions were satisfied in the preceding year.\u00a0 If the economic conditions were not met, then the tax rate would be the same as the prior year.<\/p>\n

The economic conditions that must be met each year are:<\/p>\n

1) Inflation adjusted growth in baseline tax revenue for the prior fiscal year must exceed 2.5%; and<\/p>\n

2) The inflation adjusted change in baseline taxes for each consecutive 3 month period between August and December of the previous year must be greater than 0.<\/p>\n

The following chart shows when these economic conditions were met over the past 14 years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/td>\nMaximum Income Tax Rate<\/td>\nConditions Met in Prior Year?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nInaugural Year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\n5.30%<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\n5.25%<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\n5.20%<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\n5.15%<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\n5.10%<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

With two more years of strong economic performance, the state income tax rate could be reduced to 5.00%, completing an initiative that began almost twenty years ago!<\/p>\n

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