Taxes

In this Jan. 14, 2017, photo, tax professional and tax preparation firm owner Alicia Utley reaches for hard copies of tax forms while working to stay caught up on a Saturday at the start of the tax season rush, in her offices at Infinite Tax Solutions, in Boulder, Colo. The IRS will begin accepting returns on Jan. 23, and tax experts recommend that Americans continue to file their returns early. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Support for raising taxes on Massachusetts millionaires reached 77 percent in a new poll from WBUR/MassINC Polling Group.



Seventeen percent said they opposed increasing the state's income tax on incomes over $1 million.



A coalition of liberal groups that includes unions and religious leaders is pushing an amendment to the state constitution that would raise taxes on millionaires, saying the money should go towards education and transportation. Opponents of the proposal say it will drive high earners out of Massachusetts.



The coalition is hoping to place the amendment on the 2018 ballot, the same year Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Charlie Baker will be up for reelection.

The WBUR/MassINC Polling Group survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent. The poll surveyed 508 registered Massachusetts voters between Jan. 15 and Jan. 17.

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In the poll, 48 percent of respondents said they "strongly support" the proposal, while 29 percent "somewhat support" it.



Six percent said they "somewhat oppose" the measure, while 11 percent said they "strongly oppose," according to the poll. Six percent said they didn't know or refused to say.