Janet Mills Looks to Delay Implementing Tax Relief Benefits From One Big Beautiful Bill for Mainers Pending Legislative Action

Janet Mills Looks to Delay Implementing Tax Relief Benefits from One Big Beautiful Bill for Mainers Pending Legislative Action

Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) has indicated that she will not enact some of the changes made by federal lawmakers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) earlier this year without action from the State Legislature. Because Maine’s biennial budget was already passed by state lawmakers in March, Gov. Mills has indicated that the [...] The post Janet Mills Looks to Delay Implementing Tax Relief Benefits from One Big Beautiful Bill for Mainers Pe…

Gov. Mills Declines to Use New Authority to Deliver Tax Relief - Maine Policy Institute

In mid-2025, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a comprehensive federal tax reform measure designed to alleviate the burden on working families, seniors, and small businesses. Its numerous provisions include the following: Exclusion of tip income Deduction for overtime premiums $6,000 additional deduction for seniors Car loan interest deduction Increased standard deduction All of these changes apply retroactively to January…