- Maryland Governor signed House Bill 352 on May 20, 2025
- The bill expands sales tax to digital and IT services starting July 1, 2025
- New regulations apply to data and IT services, software publishing, and related services
- Previously, digital services in B2C and B2B transactions had limited taxability
- From July 1, 2025, a 3 percent sales and use tax will apply to a wider range of digital services and products
- As of March 14, 2021, canned or commercial off-the-shelf software is taxed at 6 percent
- Many software types are currently exempt from Maryland sales and use tax
- New amendments will change the taxability scope for technology services
- Taxable services include application hosting, cloud computing, data processing, IaaS, PaaS, and more
- Software publishing services will also become taxable
- The changes are based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
Source: 1stopvat.com
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