Bob Ehrlich To Discuss Sales Tax With Small Businesses Before Sales Tax Holiday

Ocean City –Bob Ehrlich will meet with small businesses in Maryland’s border counties tomorrow to discuss how the O’Malley Administration’s 20% sales tax increase impacts small businesses that are just a few miles from the border with sales-tax-free Delaware.

Ehrlich has proposed lowering Maryland’s sales tax to 5 percent from 6 percent to help the economy and lower the tax burden on families, saying “My opponent’s sales tax increase hurts small businesses, especially in border counties, since consumers can quickly drive to Delaware or other neighboring states to buy the same products for less. Our current sales taxes are regressive and hurt the poor most of all.”

Bob Ehrlich will host a roundtable discussion with merchants who know their customers can save money simply by crossing the state line. Ehrlich has held roughly three dozen roundtables with more than 250 small businesses since the election campaign began.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 4th at 10:00am
WHERE: Route 50 Diner, Francis Scott Key Resort, 12806 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City
WHO: Bob Ehrlich
Maryland Retailers and Families