Income and Sales Tax Incentives - Emergency Preparedness Equipment [SB-732]
Allowing a qualified nursing home to claim a refundable credit against the State income tax in the amount of sales and use tax paid for the purchase of a backup generator; establishing an annual tax-free period from May 19 through May 24 during which a sales tax exemption for specified sales of emergency preparedness equipment is provided; requiring the Comptroller to publish a list of emergency preparedness equipment; applying specified provisions of the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, but before January 1, 2019; etc.
SB-732: Income and Sales Tax Incentives - Emergency Preparedness Equipment
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2014
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks [HB-862]
Designating specified periods each year to be tax-free periods during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for the sale of specified textbooks purchased by full-time or part-time students enrolled at specified higher education institutions; etc.
HB-862: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2014
Income Tax Credit - Emergency Backup Generators [HB-784]
Allowing a qualified nursing home to claim a refundable credit against the State income tax in the amount of sales and use tax paid for the purchase of a backup generator; and providing that the Act be applicable to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, but before January 1, 2019.
HB-784: Income Tax Credit - Emergency Backup Generators
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2014
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Week - School Supplies [HB-429]
Altering a specified sales and use tax exemption to include any school supply with a taxable price of $100 or less during a designated sales tax-free period for back-to-school shopping, subject to specified limitations; etc.
HB-429: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Week - School Supplies
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2014
Sales and Use Tax - Ammunition and Firearms - Developmental Disabilities Funding [HB-415]
Distributing the revenue from the sales and use tax on ammunition and firearms to a specified fund used to pay for services for individuals with developmental disabilities; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; and providing for the termination of specified provisions of the Act.
HB-415: Sales and Use Tax - Ammunition and Firearms - Developmental Disabilities Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2014
Contraband Tobacco Products and Conveyances - Seizures and Disposition [HB-30]
Altering the manner in which seized contraband tobacco products or specified conveyances are processed following seizure; authorizing the Comptroller to destroy, or authorize a political subdivision to destroy, contraband tobacco products or conveyances seized and forfeited under specified circumstances; and requiring the Comptroller to remove or authorize a political subdivision to destroy specified seized contraband tobacco products and conveyances on or before December 1, 2014.
HB-30: Contraband Tobacco Products and Conveyances - Seizures and Disposition
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McDermott
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - Hunting and Sporting Goods [HB-1520]
Establishing a sales and use tax exemption period for the 7-day period from the third Sunday in April through the following Saturday for specified hunting and sporting goods if the taxable price of the item is less than $1,000; etc.
HB-1520: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - Hunting and Sporting Goods
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/03/2014
Sales and Use Tax - Definition of Taxable Price [HB-1515]
Defining "taxable price" for specified tangible personal property, for purposes of provisions of law concerning the sales and use tax, to mean all consideration paid by a transient guest to the vendor for the right to occupy a room or lodgings; etc.
HB-1515: Sales and Use Tax - Definition of Taxable Price
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/28/2014
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Smoke-Free or Tobacco-Free Campuses - Funding [HB-1408]
Providing that, if a public institution of higher education maintains a smoke-free or tobacco-free campus, any State support from the General Fund provided to the institution shall be reduced by a percentage equal to the ratio of revenues generated by the taxes on tobacco products under Title 12 of the Tax - General Article divided by all revenues credited to the General Fund.
HB-1408: Public Institutions of Higher Education - Smoke-Free or Tobacco-Free Campuses - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. John Wood
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/03/2014
Transportation Financing Act [SB-830]
Authorizing the Maryland Transit Administration to establish no more than two transit benefit districts to impose specified taxes to finance, construct, and operate transit facilities and transit services; authorizing the governing body of a county to impose an additional tax on specified motor fuel; imposing a specified additional tax on motor fuel in each county on or after January 1, 2017; requiring the Comptroller to apply a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to the motor fuel tax; etc.
SB-830: Transportation Financing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks [SB-704]
Designating specified periods each year to be tax-free periods during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for the sale of specified textbooks purchased by full-time or part-time students enrolled at specified higher education institutions; etc.
SB-704: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2013
Sales and Use Tax - Mass Transit [SB-653]
Increasing the sales and use tax rate on a sale in counties with specified services by a specified amount; creating the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trust Fund to pay for the costs of light rail and Metro subway transit facilities and transit service in specified counties; requiring that revenue from the increase in the sales and use tax rate under the Act be credited to the Mass Transit Account; etc.
SB-653: Sales and Use Tax - Mass Transit
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
Short-Term Rental of Motorcycles - Sales and Use Tax and Motor Vehicle Law [SB-486]
Including motorcycles in the definition of "short-term vehicle rental" for purposes of determining the sales and use tax rate for short-term vehicle rentals; including motorcycles in the definition of "rental vehicle" for purposes of the Motor Vehicle Law; etc.
SB-486: Short-Term Rental of Motorcycles - Sales and Use Tax and Motor Vehicle Law
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/16/2013