Carol Doherty, previously a five-term Taunton School Committee member and now the 3rd Bristol District State Representative serving parts of Taunton and Easton. Doherty is the daughter of an immigrant family. Her mother came to America at the age of four from the island of Madeira and her father’s family came from Cape Verde. She has lived in Taunton since 1965.
This bill directs the State Treasurer, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to send residents of Massachusetts annual reports detailing the total amount of income tax paid to the state and federal governments and what that money was used to fund. The purpose of this bill is to increase transparency and educate the residents of Massachusetts as to how their tax dollars are being spent.