Baldacci Plan Offers Phased Tax Rate Relief Critics Cite Lack of Provision for Local Option Sales Levy

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AUGUSTA - As Gov. John E. Baldacci wrapped up a press conference to unveil "Phase 2" of his tax relief plan Friday, he received almost as much pointed criticism for what the proposal lacked as for what it contained.

The plan's promises to decrease the state's four income tax brackets by 12 percent over 13 years and to eventually phase out the business equipment tax were touted as economic stimulators by the administration.

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Baldacci Plan Offers Phased Tax Rate Relief Critics Cite Lack of Provision for Local Option Sales Levy

There was some consternation, however, over the absence of a local option sales tax component that proponents claim is needed to undertake major projects across the state.

The local option tax is viewed as the perfect vehicle by developers to construct a new civic center in Bangor, a 100-mile snowmobile t...

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