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17 Massachusetts legislators have co-sponsored a bill to move the tax deadline to file state taxes to July 15. As of now, Governor Baker hasn’t extended the tax deadline even though President Trump extended the federal tax deadline to July 15.
The text of the bill:
“Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 6 or section 11 of chapter 62C of the General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, Massachusetts state income tax returns may be filed for the 2019 taxable year on or before July 15, 2020, without interest or penalty.”
Cosponsors:
Name District/Address
Carmine Lawrence Gentile – 13th Middlesex
Mindy Domb – 3rd Hampshire
Marc T. Lombardo – 22nd Middlesex
Kate Lipper-Garabedian – 32nd Middlesex
RoseLee Vincent – 16th Suffolk
Ruth B. Balser – 12th Middlesex
Tram T. Nguyen – 18th Essex
Lindsay N. Sabadosa- 1st Hampshire
Tommy Vitolo – 15th Norfolk
Jack Patrick Lewis – 7th Middlesex
Patrick Joseph Kearney – 4th Plymouth
Nika C. Elugardo – 15th Suffolk
David Allen Robertson – 19th Middlesex
Joseph D. McKenna – 18th Worcester
Susannah M. Whipps – 2nd Franklin
Natalie M. Higgins – 4th Worcester
Patrick M. O’Connor – Plymouth and Norfolk
