Lawmakers Look to Tax 'Luxury Services' After Sales Tax Bill Dies
Hot on the heels of the death of a highly controversial bill to expand the states sales tax, the House Ways and Means Revenue Subcommittee is still seeking ways to pay for the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
“That bill was always only one option on the table,” Subcommittee Chairman and bill sponsor Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery) said Thursday, the morning after the panel killed his proposal that was designed to fund all of the blueprint’s recommendations for reforming public education in Maryland.
The now-dead, highly criticized legislation sought to lower the state’s sales tax rate from 6% to 5%, while simultaneously expanding the scope of taxable services.
Heard in the House Ways and Means Committee Monday, Luedtke’s bill received significant negative feedback from consumers and business owners alike.
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