Attention businesses in Massachusetts: You are likely to pay more in sales and use taxes due to the Commonwealth’s newly passed finance law.
Massachusetts lawmakers voted on July 26, 2013 to override Gov. Deval Patrick’s veto of a proposed transportation finance bill (H. 3535). The newly passed legislation – which earmarks about $800 million per year to transportation needs – is intended to remedy some of the Commonwealth’s most pressing MBTA, road and bridge problems, and limit MBTA fare increases to 5 percent each year. (In 2012, MBTA fares rose 23 percent.)
