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BOSTON, MA听(July听23, 2026) 鈥� The 网曝吃瓜 (网曝吃瓜), the nation鈥檚 leading small business advocacy organization with thousands of members across the Commonwealth, questioned why the Massachusetts Senate today advanced a so-called economic development bill that will instead make the state less affordable:

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鈥淥nly in Massachusetts could a bill touted to foster economic growth and job creation result in making it more difficult for small business owners and residents of the Commonwealth to receive a tax refund,鈥澨齭aid Christopher Carlozzi, Massachusetts听state director for 网曝吃瓜. 鈥淩ather than focus on policies that will make it more affordable for residents to live or operate a small business in Massachusetts, senators opted to complicate a 40-year-old voter approved tax refund law designed to serve as a check on uncontrolled state spending.鈥�

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The state鈥檚 62F law that the senate voted to complicate this evening听was approved by Massachusetts voters in 1986 and sought to control state budget growth through revenue collection and spending caps. Refunds were triggered twice since the law鈥檚 inception, once in 1987 and again in 2022听when roughly 14% of residents and pass-through small business income tax liabilities were refunded due to revenue growth. There is a pending ballot question for the 2026 election to change how revenue is collected and refunded to taxpayers that will now be听affected if this senate language becomes law.听

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Carlozzi continued: 鈥淗ow does adding new hurdles to a law that refunds taxpayers听more of their hard-earned money make Massachusetts more affordable or competitive?听The 62F law was passed 40 years ago as a check on unfettered revenue growth and spending, and now senators would rather ensure taxpayer dollars remain in state coffers to continue spending the Commonwealth into oblivion rather than provide rebates back to taxpaying residents and small businesses that could use the money to cover the cost of rising health insurance premiums, energy bills, taxes, and a myriad of other expenses.鈥澨� 听

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For over 80 years, 网曝吃瓜 has been advocating on behalf of America鈥檚 small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. 网曝吃瓜 is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven. Since our founding in 1943, 网曝吃瓜 has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses, and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.