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19 May 2013 Last updated at May 17, 2013

Howard County’s Rain Tax Calculator

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Rain tax stirs uncertainty for business

16 May 2013

Thanks to a new web-based impervious surface estimator created by Howard County’s Geographic Information Services, county residents and businesses can now calculate how much Maryland’s new storm water management fees or the “rain tax” as it is known, will cost them on their July property tax bills. Approved by the General Assembly in 2012 the [...]

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Maryland ranks in Top 10 Worst Business Climates in Nation

Business Climate Must Read Policy Regulation Taxes 13 May 2013

Another independent national study exposing Maryland’s unbearable business climate has been released. CEO ...

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Marylanders Hit With $10 Billion Cumulative in New Taxes and Fees Since 2007

Must Read Taxes 9 May 2013

According to a new report from Change Maryland, come 2014, Marylanders will have paid $9.5 billion in ...

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How money walks out of Maryland

Business Climate Must Read Policy Taxes 26 April 2013

There’s an old saying that “money talks and cow manure walks.”  However, when it comes to state ...

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Rain Tax Official in Baltimore, Anne Arundel Counties

Environment Must Read Opinion Taxes 18 April 2013

In Baltimore County, the new stormwater management fees, (i.e. the rain tax) passed the County Council ...

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Maryland taxes rain

Budget and Finance Environment Must Read Policy 15 April 2013

Give Governor Martin O'Malley credit. Not only can he raise already existing taxes he can find new, ...

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Politico continues to spin the O’Malley Fairy Tale

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Martin O’Malley’s One Maryland is a fairy tale, and Politico’s Alexander Burns and Burgess Everett ...

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Maryland General Assembly Session 2013: Assessing the Damage

Budget and Finance Business Climate Cronyism Energy Must Read Policy Regulation Second Amendment Taxes 9 April 2013

At the stroke of midnight the presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly declared sine die, ...

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O’Malley’s Fuzzy Budget Math

Budget and Finance Must Read 4 April 2013

This morning Governor Martin O’Malley tweeted that his administration has restrained spending to 2 ...

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Video: Economist highlights Maryland’s anti-competitive business economic climate

Business Climate Must Read 20 March 2013

    Last month, economist Anirban Basu from the Baltimore-based Sage Policy Group addressed ...

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