Buckel’s Attempt To Ditch “Tech Tax” Fails

Maryland’s so-called “Tech Tax” passed last year in the General Assembly was expected to bring in over $500 million dollars in the 2026 Fiscal Year.  The tax imposes a 3% sales and use tax on specific digital, data, and information technology services. Collections of the tax have only totaled $35 million, far below expectations. House Minority Leader Jason Buckel presented a failed budget amendment that would halt the tax on the industry, saying he recalled the words of a former delegate on such taxes…

 

“He used to call things like this baloney, and that’s what it is. If you’re relying on this tech tax, you’re relying on baloney. Doesn’t work, hasn’t worked. You want to know why we all left here and were told we had a three hundred and some million dollar surplus anticipated for this year and then came back and were told we have a $1.5 billion dollar hole? It’s not just President Trump…”