Health advocates embrace new alcohol sales tax being fast tracked in Senate
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Advocates who have been pushing for a dime-a-drink alcohol tax hike for more than a year are now embracing a newly introduced 3% sales tax on beer, wine and...
View ArticleSenate committee quickly passes new 3% sales tax on beer, wine and alcohol
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Maryland’s first alcohol tax increase in 39 years easily passed the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in a 9-4 vote, putting an extra 3% sales tax on all...
View ArticleSenate sends 3% alcohol tax to House
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Senate chamber The Senate passed a new 3% sales tax surcharge on alcoholic beverages, bringing the total to 9% sales tax on beer, wine and spirits. The vote was...
View ArticleNew 3% alcohol tax passes; O’Malley will sign
by Len Lazarick and Megan Poinski Len@MarylandReporter.com and Megan@MarylandReporter.com The House of Delegates and Senate Monday night passed a new 3% sales tax on alcohol sold in stores, bars and...
View ArticleThousands of developmentally disabled underserved, study says; alcohol tax...
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are being left behind or underserved by state and national governments – including thousands in...
View ArticleRestaurants, bars, liquor stores get ready to start collecting new alcohol...
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com Maryland’s restaurateurs, bar and tavern owners, liquor store operators and point-of-sale system programmers have spent the last couple of weeks scrambling...
View Article$18 million in alcohol tax funds goes to schools
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com The Board of Public Works awarded $18 million in grants coming from the new 3% alcohol sales tax for school construction projects in Howard, Montgomery, and...
View ArticleAlcohol tax money goes to districts that supported it
By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com It took some Annapolis deal making in order to get the new 3% alcohol tax passed at the tail end of this year’s legislative session, and charges are being...
View ArticleAlcohol industry blames flat sales in Md. on 9% tax
By Sam Smith Sam@MarylandReporter.com Representatives from the alcohol industry told the Maryland Board of Revenue Estimates Wednesday that the state’s year-old 9% sales tax on alcoholic beverages has...
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