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N.Y. court hears challenge to lap-dance tax
ALBANY, N.Y. — No one would confuse the Nite Moves strip club with the Bolshoi Ballet, but what the lap dancers do there is art and entitled to the same […]
New standards bode well for electric cars
As a Baltimore County lawmaker and statewide environmental advocate drove a demonstrative lap around a Charles Village block in an electric car Wednesday, whatever sound made by the Nissan Leaf was drowned by louder vehicles rumbling south on St. Paul Street.
Union Bridge ends tax on manufacturers
UNION BRIDGE — The tiny Carroll County town of Union Bridge is eliminating a tax on manufacturers in hopes of making itself more attractive to businesses. The Carroll County Times […]
Rawlings-Blake to sign bottle tax to fund schools
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to sign into law an increased bottle tax to renovate the city’s crumbling schools. Rawlings-Blake is scheduled to join schools CEO Andres Alonso and education […]
Same-sex couples face host of tax dilemmas
OCEAN CITY — For same-sex couples, gaining the right to marry is just the beginning of a host of new challenges with federal and state taxes, estate planning and retirement […]
Bethesda-based Reznick Group, N.J. firm plan merger
Reznick Group P.C., of Bethesda, and J.H. Cohn LLP, of Roseland, N.J., said they will merge to form the 11th largest accounting and tax firm in the country, with more […]
Assembly approves tax increase, teacher pension cost shifts
ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly gave final approval early Wednesday afternoon to a budget package that will raise taxes on the wealthiest Maryland residents and shift the cost of teacher […]
Battle over increasing tobacco taxes heats up
Supporters of a proposal to raise taxes on cigars on smokeless tobacco and cigars say it will raise revenue and prevent children from starting to smoke. Opponents say it will drive local tobacco stores out of business. Capital News Service has more...
Bill would boost film tax credit program
ANNAPOLIS — John Latenser missed his family while working out of state, but the film location manager with 18 years of experience had to make a living. So after Maryland […]
Report: Just $31B from Buffett rule tax on rich
WASHINGTON — A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama’s plan for a “Buffett rule” tax on the wealthy would rake in just $31 billion over the next 11 years, […]
Gay wedding bonanza?
ANNAPOLIS – John Stowell sees dollar signs when he thinks about gay marriage becoming legal in Maryland. Stowell, the director of sales and marketing at The Intercontinental Harbor Court hotel […]
Proposed tax on commercial mortgages decried
Some commercial real estate brokers and bankers in Maryland are fighting a proposal making its way through the General Assembly that would set a new tax on commercial mortgages and […]
