Tax Reform Plan Rattles Maine Towns, Nonprofits

About 150 Maine towns and cities could benefit from Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to eliminate state revenue sharing with municipalities in exchange for allowing localities to tax larger nonprofit organizations.

However, the Maine Municipal Association says the majority of towns and cities will not be able to rely on taxes from nonprofits to offset revenue losses under a LePage proposal that could force localities to increase property taxes to help pay for schools, snowplowing and other services.