javasaurus: (wedding daze)
javasaurus ([personal profile] javasaurus) wrote2007-12-12 10:45 am

Maryland sales tax increasing in '08

Yep, if you haven't heard yet, Maryland sales tax goes up on January 3, 2008, from 5% to 6% on all taxable goods. Food, medicine, a few other odds and ends are not taxable in Maryland.

What does that mean in real money? For each $10,000 you spend, that's an extra hundred dollars of tax. This includes houses and cars. The price of a $20,000 car will go up $200. The price of a $300,000 home just went up by $3000.

Of course, Delaware retailers near the border are celebrating. Delaware doesn't charge sales tax.

[identity profile] xpioti.livejournal.com 2007-12-12 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh squick. :( Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't heard. :(
sparowe: (See)

[personal profile] sparowe 2007-12-13 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Another reason my move is well timed. *sigh*