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Budget & Taxation

• State “Living Wage” Rates Increase in September

• Business Tax Reform Commission Update

• 2010 Maryland General Assembly Session Recap

• Small Business Property Tax Semiannual Payment Bill Nearing Final Passage

• R&D Tax Credit Extension Bill on House Floor

• Earned Income Credit Notification Bill Defeated

• Momentum Building for Small Business Property Tax Semiannual Payment Bill

• Job Creation Tax Credit Enacted

• House Committee Approves Property Tax Semiannual Payment Bill

• House Passes Job Creation Tax Credit

• Bill Would Make High Wage Earner Bracket Permanent

• “Amazon Tax” Bill Heard in Senate

• Jobs Creation Tax Credit Bill Moving in the House

• House Passes Earned Income Credit Notification Bill

• Earned Income Credit Notification Bill Moves to House Floor

• Let the Business Tax Reform Commission Finish its Work

• Chamber Supports Bill to Allow Small Businesses to Pay Property Taxes in 2 Payments

• Bill Would Require Employer Notification of Earned Income Credit

• Chamber Opposes Combined Reporting

• Job Creation Tax Credit Increased to $5,000

• Bill Would Allow Small Business Owners to Pay Property Taxes in Two Payments

• Senate Passes R&D Tax Credit Extension

• Higher Education Funding Important to Business

• Bill Would Extend “Millionaires’ Tax” and Enact Combined Reporting

• Maryland’s Priorities: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

• Chamber Supports Job Creation Tax Credit

• Chamber Supports Extension of R&D Tax Credit

• State Budget Flat, But Shaky

• Tax Amnesty Exceeds Estimates

• Meet Our Public Policy Team

• Comptroller Franchot to Oppose Combined Reporting in 2010 Session

• Update on the ‘Millionaire’s Tax’

• Round 3 of State Budget Cuts

• Maryland Chamber Unveils 2010 Business Agenda

• State “Living Wage” Rates Increase 4.5 Percent

• BRAC Still Short on Funding

• Comptroller’s Office Issues Combined Reporting Analysis

• State/Local Fiscal Task Force Holds First Meeting

• State Revenues Still Lagging

• Good News in Bad News

• Good Timing for State/Local Fiscal Workgroup

• Tax Amnesty Starts September 1

• Let the Business Tax Reform Commission Do its Work

• Budget Committees Briefed on Cuts

• State/Local Fiscal Study Group Appointed

• State Budget Blues Continue

• Maryland Tax Issue Update

• 2009 Maryland General Assembly Session Ends

• Balls and Strikes for the Last Week of Session

• Comptroller to Host Online Tax Chat

• Last Minute Bill Attempts to Tax Remote Sales

• Cuts and More Cuts

• Chamber Opposes Health Care Payroll Tax

• Priority Bill Update

• Chamber Opposes Combined Reporting Bill

• Health Care Payroll Tax for All is Back

• Chamber Supports Higher Education Funding

• The Federal Stimulus Package’s Impact on Maryland

• Bill Would Allow Small Business Owners to Pay Property Taxes in Two Payments

• Montgomery Delegation Votes No on Split Rate Property Tax Bill

• Legislation Would Shift Property Tax Burden to Business

• Chamber Urges Lawmakers to Protect Taxpayer Data

• Chamber Seeks Semiannual Property Tax Payment Option for Small Business

• Business Community Blasts Sales Tax Penalty

• Robey, Levy Discuss the Budget

• Retirement Costs Add to Budget Woes

• Budget Discussion Dominates Business Day

• 2009 Business Agenda Stresses Competitiveness

• BRFA Slows State Spending Mandates

• BBJ Podcast Features MD Chamber President

• MD Chamber Urges Changes to Manufacturing Personal Property Tax Exemption Application Deadline

• Montgomery County Means Business

• Frederick Delegation Discusses Maryland’s Budget

• DLS Study Evaluates Living Wage Law Costs

• State Budget Gap Now $1.9B for FY 2010

• Business Community Opposes Montgomery County Split Rate Property Tax Bill

• Legislative Leaders Preview 2009 Session

• Misleading Corporate Tax Data is Back

• Maryland’s Budget Deficit - Bad to Worse

• State to Delay $1.1 Billion in Transportation Projects

• State Budget News - Bad to Worse