THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, July 8, 2022 Page 9 Five Everett residents graduate at Emmanuel College 100th Commencement Exercises B OSTON - Emmanuel College celebrated its milestone 100th Commencement on Saturday, May 14, 2022, on its campus in Boston, adding hundreds of graduates to the global network of Emmanuel alumni who are making their mark on the world. Local students graduating included: Ariana Bernal of Everett received a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing. Bernal graduated cum laude. Michelle Oliveira of Everett received a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a concentration in health sciences. Giavanna Prezioso of EvSUPPORT | FROM PAGE 7 ilies achieve increased health and financial security and facilitate their ability to age in their own home and community. In addition, we continue to urge legislators to use some of the excess state revenue to provide a family caregiving tax credit.” “The Mass Councils on Aging encourages the Legislature to act now, and pass measures that can achieve greater economic security and well-being for seniors such as doubling the maximum Senior Circuit Breaker Credit which will allow many seniors to remain in their homes and maintain the essential and in many cases, life-long connections they have built in their communities and will help to improve their economic security,” said Betsy Connell, Interim Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging. “Through AgeFriendly.org, the Age-Friendly Institute hears from older adults in the Commonwealth and around the country every day,” said Tim Driver, President of the Age-Friendly Institute. “We collect and curate these voices and opinions via online ratings, reviews and conversations on a variety of topics. It’s very clear these older taxpayers want and need alternative forms of income and other ways to save. The tax relief to be passed to older Massachusetts residents through these proposals will make it easier for residents to make ends meet. The Age-Friendly Institute supports the moves.” The plan includes several tax relief measures: Double the maximum Senior Circuit Breaker Credit to lower the overall tax burden for more than 100,000 lower-income homeowners aged 65+, resulting in $60 million erett received a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in health care management. Yvelandey Seide of Everett received a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a concentration in health sciences. Helen Sosa of Everett received a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Emmanuel College is a co-educational, residential institution with a 17-acre campus in the heart of Boston’s educational, scientific, cultural and medical communities. Enrolling more than 2,000 undergraduate in annual savings for low-income seniors. Increase the rental deduction cap from $3,000 to $5,000, allowing approximately 881,000 Massachusetts renters to keep approximately $77 million more annually Double the dependent care credit to $480 for one qualifying individual and $960 for two or more, and double the household dependent care credit to $360 for one qualifying individual and $720 for two or more to benefit more than 700,000 families, resulting in $167 million in annualized savings for eligible taxpayers Increase the Massachusetts adjusted gross income (AGI) thresholds for “no tax status” to $12,400 for single filers, $24,800 for joint filers, and $18,650 for head of households, which will eliminate the income tax for more than 234,000 low-income filers Double the estate tax threshold and eliminate the current “cliff effect” that taxes the full amount below the threshold Change the short-term capital gains tax rate to the personal income tax rate of 5% to align the Commonwealth with most other states The plan would have an outsized impact on the communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the rental deduction increase would provide $34 million in annual tax relief to renters in the 20 “equity communities” that the Department of Public Health identified as having been hardest-hit by the pandemic (based on factors like social determinants of health and the disproportionate racial impact of the pandemic). The “no tax status” change to eliminate the income tax for more low-income people would result in nearly $12 million in annual savings in those same communities. and graduate students, the College provides boundless opportunities for students to expand their worldview through rigorous coursework, significant internship and career opportunities throughout the Boston area and beyond, collaborations with distinguished and dedicated faculty, and participation in a dynamic campus community. 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