- Maryland Governor signed House Bill 352 on May 20, 2025
- Bill imposes a 3% sales tax on data and information technology services
- Effective July 1, 2025, affects system and application software publishing, computing infrastructure, data processing, web hosting
- Includes products under NAICS sectors 518, 519, 5415, 5132
- Expands definition of taxable services to include media or software rights licensing
- Affects libraries, archives, web search portals, custom computer programming, computer systems design, and management services
- May impact existing software and SaaS exemptions from 2021
- General sales tax rate remains 6%, new 3% tax applies only if no higher rate exists
- Taxpayers selling these products should review product offerings and nexus thresholds
- Review of exemptions and sourcing rules is advised before July 1 effective date
Source: salestaxinstitute.com
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