On May 9, 2023, the Maryland Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the Anne Arundel Circuit Court that Maryland’s tax on digital advertising was unconstitutional, saying the court lacked jurisdiction over the case. In an order, Chief Justice Matthew Fader punted the case back to the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court and ordered it to dismiss the case […]
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Feb. 19, 2021 – On Feb. 18, four trade groups – the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Internet Association, NetChoice, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose members include tech giants Amazon, Facebook and Google – filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland stating that Maryland’s new digital […]
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Feb. 15, 2021 – The Maryland House and Senate voted last week to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s May 2020 veto and enact the nation’s first tax on digital advertising, a move that other states are in the process of considering in light of a backlash against big tech companies and significant budget shortfalls as the […]
Read more May 11, 2020 – A bill that proposed a Maryland tax on “digital advertising services” that was approved by the state legislature in March was vetoed on May 7 by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), stopping, at least for now, the nation’s first tax on digital advertising. In his veto letter, Hogan stated that the […]
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