HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3157        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3363

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mike Connolly and Denise Provost

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to revenue, information, and accountability.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/20/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/3/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/2/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/31/2017

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

2/3/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/2/2017

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

2/1/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

2/2/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3157        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3363

By Representatives Connolly of Cambridge and Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3363) of Mike Connolly and others that the Executive Office for Administration and Finance be authorized to provide a summary which reports the total amount of income tax paid to the federal government for the prior year.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to revenue, information, and accountability.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The Secretary for Administration and Finance shall provide a short summary each year to be mailed to Massachusetts resident taxpayers by March 15, which reports the total amount of income tax paid to the federal government in the prior year, together with the per cent of those dollars allocated in the prior year’s Congressional discretionary budget to housing, education, healthcare, public transit, biomedical research, veterans services, food stamps and assistance, environmental protection, and defense spending including nuclear weapons. The report shall also include the estimated increase or decrease in federal funds being returned to Massachusetts in the various categories above, by comparing the current Congressional discretionary budget authorization with the prior year’s budget appropriations. The report shall include easy to read pie chart or bar graph form use the budget numbers reported by the Congressional Budget Office of the federal government. The report shall also remind taxpayers that Medicare and Social Security programs are financed as separate trust funds, not through income taxes.

The secretary may acquire the information required under this section from any nonpartisan, third-party organization that regularly compiles such data; provided further, the secretary may enter into an agreement with such an organization to produce the report on the secretary’s behalf.