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Maryland To Tax Custom Programming and Computer Services

Posted by kdawson on from the strangling-the-golden-goose dept.

mcwop writes "Early this morning Maryland passed legislation to apply a new 6% sales tax to 'custom computer programming' and other computer- and hardware-related services. Computer industry groups lobbied hard against the measure to no avail. Purchasers of IT services may find that in-house IT and buying out-of-state become attractive options, as well as cutting money out of other projects."

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  1. Re:So... by merreborn · · Score: 5, Informative

    And why should we be suprised by this?. The last time I took my car in for repair, I paid sales tax on part and labor. When I have my car parked Valet, taxes are factored into the the cost. And when UPS delivers a package for me, I pay tax on that too.


    In California, repair and installation labor is non-taxable.

    Point being, some labor is untaxed in some parts of the country, so this development may come as a surprise to some of us.