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Maryland Alcohol Tax Hike Takes Effect

by taxnick on July 1, 2011

New laws that go into effect today spell good news for local wineries but leave liquor stores and bars worried about losing business.
The laws, passed earlier this year by the Maryland General Assembly, will raise the state’s liquor tax by 50 percent and legalize direct shipping of wine.
Under the new tax law, alcohol purchases will [...]

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Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the first tax increase on alcohol in more than a generation into law Thursday, one of more than 200 bills he approved at a ceremony in Annapolis.
Come July 1, the sales tax on alcohol will rise to 9 percent from 6 percent, a move that legislative analysts say will generate about [...]

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