File Code: Taxes - Sales and Use
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Hafer, Astle, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Green,
Greenip, Hollinger, Klausmeier, Middleton, Schrader, and Stone
- Entitled:
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Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Weekend
Designating the weekend that begins on the second Friday in August and
ends on the following Sunday in August each year to be a tax-free
weekend for back-to-school shopping in Maryland; altering the sales
and use tax exemption to include specified school supplies and
personal computers and to remove the $100 limitation on the taxable
price of items qualifying for the exemption; and requiring the State
Comptroller to report to the General Assembly on the fiscal impact of
the Act by December 1, 2005.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
- 3/10
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/29
- Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMPTROLLER
- COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- EXEMPTIONS
- REPORTS
- SALES AND USE TAX
- STUDENTS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Tax - General
- (
11-228
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered