At 10:59 AM 1/23/2008, you wrote:
It seems to me that MD's sales tax on services is an attempt to grab some
income from Virginia based consultants.
A Va. consultant would go into MD, perform services, and only pay tax on his
income to Virginia. By imposing a 'sales' tax, then MD can get a cut
Gerald,
I have no problem with paying taxes... My wife and I pay $59,000/yr
to Federal and $11,000/yr to the state, and another $6,000/yr locally to
the city and county for property (and our rates are low!)
I am a small business and very overworked... the fewer forms and
licenses the
Since 1988, I have paid 1.2 million to the federal government, and I
see very little of what that money does (unless I watch the 6 o'clock
news).I have paid $200,000 to the state of NC, and I see a lot of
what that money does... schools, roads, bridges, Medicaid, community
incentive
Even for the Fed Gov, when the vendor is located in 2 states,
somewhere in the west/southwest IIRC, the contract must include state
tax for that vendor's good or services.
YMMV
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