Taxpayer activists are divided about a corporate tax amnesty program House leaders and Gov.-elect Charlie Baker are considering to generate cash for state spending needs.
House Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading) has filed legislation to create a two-month corporate tax amnesty program, which he estimates would yield $15 million to $20 million. Baker said it's not an ideal situation, but one he might support. House Ways and Means Chairman Brian Dempsey (D-Haverhill) said Democratic leadership is actively considering the possibility.
A two-month tax amnesty program for individual filers that ran through the end of October pulled in roughly $57 million.
Michael J. Widmer, outgoing president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said in many cases, businesses, like some individuals, don't pay their taxes because they dispute their assessment.
"The amnesty is a chance to reach an agreement and collect revenues which might otherwise never be received or only after a long period," Widmer said in an e-mail yesterday. "We haven't looked at this, but my one caution would be not to use one-time revenues to support ongoing operating expenses."
But Barbara Anderson, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, was flummoxed by the idea of an amnesty for corporate scofflaws.
"You and I have to pay our taxes, so why don't they? Wouldn't I go to jail if I didn't?" Anderson said. "The bigger ones — I don't see how they could have any excuse; they have accountants ... It seems to me there's a moral hazard here. Once everyone understands that if they don't pay their taxes sooner or later there's going to be an amnesty, there's an incentive to hold out and have that money in the bank, earning interest."
Herald wire services contributed to this report.
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