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Monday, February 13, 2017

House Bill 1190

Entitled: Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Fees

Sponsored by:
Delegate Adams

Status: In the House - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.

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Synopsis: Altering the fee that specified business entities must pay for filing a required annual report with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; and applying the Act prospectively.
Analysis: Not available at this time
All Sponsors: Delegates Adams, Kittleman, Krebs, Malone, Mautz, and McComas
Additional Facts: Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2017
Committee(s):
Economic Matters

Broad Subject(s): Corporations and Associations

Narrow Subject(s): Assessments and Taxation, Department of
Associations -see also- Cooperative Associations
Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc.
Corporations -see also- Municipal Corps; Public Corps & Inst
Fees -see also- Attys' Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes; Reimb Rates
Reports

Statutes: Article - Corporations and Associations

(1-203)

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4 comments:

Steve said...

Why is there any fee at all if it's a required filing? This is like the IRS and the State charging me an extra fee to file my yearly tax form. Was there already a fee for this? If so, it should be repealed totally.

Anonymous said...

The annual fee is essentially to keep your corporation or LLC active in Maryland. The SDAT website does provide information to the public that is useful, based on these forms. This bill would reduce the annual fees for those businesses whose gross sales were less than $300,000 in the previous year. It provides a little relief to them, up to $300 a year.

The form is also for businesses to report personal property used in business in Maryland, which is nominally taxed. It's a sore point since the personal property was subject to sales tax at purchase, but it's not a lot of money.

Anonymous said...

It dosent say their lowering it...it say's alter...expect an increase

Anonymous said...

Again, why is there a fee at all?? this state is crazy! It doesn't cost a paper pusher in Baltimore or Annapolis $300 a year to verify that an LLC, or sub-s is still in business!