Is there still hope to repeal the sales tax on computer services? I’m getting mixed reviews.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. told me this week that he would not look favorably upon any effort to repeal the 6 percent levy – it covers custom programming, system design, and information technology, among other things.
But advocates are not giving up hope. Though the Senate will be key to any repeal, the House is going to work on the issue next month.
Fightthetechtax.com blogger Will Burns, also of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, reported today that the House Ways & Means Committee will hear repeal bills on March 12. I wonder if the Senate will be finished with the fiscal 2009 budget by then, because Ways and Means Chairwoman Sheila Hixson has said her committee will wait until then to begin looking at repeal bills.
What do you think will happen?
