This past week, Maryland House Democrats proposed the largest tax increase in the state’s history, a $2.6 billion sales tax increase on services. As Governor Hogan observed, it would cost $1,700 per Maryland household annually.
The Democratic-sponsored bill, HB 1628, had been introduced by House Majority Leader Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery).
The plan would extend the state’s sales tax to a broad range of consumer and business services. Maryland employers paying the services sales taxes would be placed at a competitive disadvantage against firms in nearby states that don’t tax services. None of the states bordering Maryland currently tax services.
A state services sales tax penalizes small and fledgling businesses. Smaller businesses typically must rely on outside services (payroll, legal, accounting, etc.) which would be subject to the tax. Larger companies, however, that can perform identical functions in-house would not have any sales tax costs added to their expenses.
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When I read stuff like this I shake my head in just total disbelief. Just how stupid, stupid, STUPID can Marylanders be?
ReplyDeleteThe strategy will be similar to the utility companies: ask for way more than you think they will pass, and settle for what you really wanted.
ReplyDeleteThey are asking for and will pass these increases...I have yet to meet a Democrat who was not in favor of any proposal, bill, edict or law which brought in more revenue for them to squander on some useless program, proposalor project which 1) enriches their friends, family and donors 2) accomplishes no net gain or positive result for the greater good of their constituents!! And that my friend is the truth! If you think not then name one which has done worked and done good for the MAJORITY of their constituents.
DeleteBottom line: Republican governor...incompetent Democratic state legislature = more disaster for the state. Democrats DO NOT know how to manage. Delaware is just a few miles up the road and VA just down the road. Clueless in Annapolis.
ReplyDeleteWTF is wrong with people! What a sure fire way to send businesses abs citizens out of the state! You can tell almost NONE of these politicians have ever ran or owned any kind of businesses! If they did, they’d change their tunes! Bunch of morons who are our so-called “leaders”.
ReplyDeleteWTF is wrong with people! What a sure fire way to send businesses abs citizens out of the state! You can tell almost NONE of these politicians have ever ran or owned any kind of businesses! If they did, they’d change their tunes! Bunch of morons who are our so-called “leaders”.
ReplyDeleteCome on Anonymous,
DeleteBusiness doesn’t matter to Communists.
You should know that
They want a monopoly over everything
Dummycrats voting in Socialist, it is a mental disease.
ReplyDeletetax the rich.... feed the poor... till there are rich no more........ communist manyra
ReplyDeleteWait until the rich LEAVE the country then you will have a true socialist commie country under Bernie .
DeleteA recent new article named MD as the worst state to retire in. This kind of nonsense just cements that opinion.
ReplyDeleteThe story is misleading. When I read what's in the commission report, I noticed that one (most important?) recommendation was for Teacher Raises. This is nothing more than an effort by the MD Democratic Party to buy the support of the Teacher Unions. I left MD while O'Malley was having his fun growing the tax revenue. They will reach a point where people who decide to leave can't sell their houses because people stop coming into the State. One curious thing is that Hogan claims to be pushing a tax break for retirees in MD but what a retiree gains from that they lose with the new taxes to raise teacher pay.
ReplyDeleteExact same thing when the $15 minimum wage goings into full affect. All those service industry employees who thought happy days are ahead with a $15 minimum wage will lose all that new income with the new taxes. Stupid, stupid, STUPID Marylanders.
DeleteRewarding incompetence is the Democrat way. Pay raises should be on performance which MD Politians and Teachers fail severely. But it will pass since it is backed by Hogan.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you see this hogan, you SOB
I retired in MD - Fruitland. Bought a beautiful house then realized I was paying alot of taxes - which the realtor lied about when I purchased the house. Put house up for sale - took 17 months to get 1 offer. Lost a bundle. Moved to Florida. Enjoying not giving MD my money. FL loves retirees. I mention this because MD is in trouble if it continues to rob it's residents. Hogan is a joke. I bet he is richer now than when he took office.
ReplyDeleteVOTE PEOPLE......VOTE!!! It's the only way we have to combat this kind of BS.
ReplyDeleteCorruption is very expensive.
ReplyDeleteThe royal finger should go to O'Malley. Hogan has spent years undoing all the 40+ tax and fee increases from O'Malley's tenure. Every year O'Malley was in office he raised taxes and even then he whined it wasn't enough.
ReplyDeleteHogan has not raised taxes since he has been in office and said he will veto any tax increase. Unfortunately, the Democrats will override the veto.
By the way, O'Malley is sitting pretty with an Univ. of Md. job created for him at over $200K a year. I wouldn't be surprised it the golden fingers are from O'Malley himself or Dems getting ready to run for governor.
I am just buying everything in cash from now on. We all should when possible.
ReplyDeleteIt says in article Hogan is against it. Read the whole article.
ReplyDeleteBut the Democrats have the numbers to override Hogan’s veto.
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