Maryland

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How Much Will People Save From Maryland’s Gas Tax Holiday? Not Much

In response to rising gas prices, Maryland suspended its gas tax for 30 days. Connecticut and Georgia also have created gas tax holidays and lawmakers...

April 5, 2022Robert McClelland

The Misbegotten Bidding War Over Public Subsidies for Washington’s Football Team

Dan Snyder, owner of the newly-renamed Washington Commanders football team, reportedly wants to build a $1 billion stadium that would anchor $2 billion in commercial...

February 23, 2022Howard Gleckman

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Maryland’s Digital Advertising Levy Sets Off a New Battle Over Taxing E-Commerce

The most interesting tax news these days may be state efforts to tax digital advertising

February 25, 2021Howard Gleckman

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The SALT Wars Move To Court

Four blue states filed a lawsuit yesterda y, claiming that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limitation on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction...

July 17, 2018Howard Gleckman

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Maryland’s Sweetheart Offer to Amazon Makes No Sense

My home state of Maryland has agreed to give Amazon as much as $5.6 billion in state tax breaks, nearly $1 billion in local tax...

April 18, 2018Howard Gleckman

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A Divided Supreme Court Rejects Maryland’s Tax On Out-Of-State Income

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a Maryland law is unconstitutional because it allows residents only a partial tax credit for out-of-state income that is taxed in other states. The decision not only invalidates the Maryland law but may also limit similar taxes in New York

May 18, 2015Howard Gleckman

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A Little March Madness on the Hill

The “doc fix” passes the House. The House overwhelmingly approved the Medicare “ doc fix ” to replace automatic payment cuts (that Congress has delayed every year since 2003) with a temporary 0.5 percent annual hike in physician reimbursements. But the bipartisan deal, which CBO figures would add $

March 27, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Expensive Plans, ACA Developments, and Exercises in Futility

The Rubio-Lee tax reform plan: Interesting, very expensive, and DOA. The GOP senators offer a framework for a huge tax cut that would add trillions to the debt over the next ten years while moving the revenue code towards a consumption tax. TPC did a preliminary analysis of an early version of the

March 5, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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States Want To Cut Taxes Even More on Pensions. Bad Ideas Never Die.

The siren song of retirement income free of state taxes continues to seduce politicians. No matter that there is little evidence that high taxes on pension income drive away seniors, or that few older people move from one state to another for any reason at all. No matter that tax-free retirement

March 4, 2015Howard Gleckman

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Executive Privilege, Budget Consequences, and Rolling with the Taxes

Shutdown, Omnibus Spending, Continuing Resolution : So many choices in the wake of an Executive Action. The newly emboldened GOP ( or is it? ) has several options when responding to last night’s executive order on immigration issued by President Obama. After its Thanksgiving break, Congress will

November 21, 2014Renu Zaretsky