In its lead editorial today, “Much ado about little,” the Baltimore Sun slipped in a reference to the computer services sales tax that’s worth illuminating:

The legislature’s actions last year on taxes were far from flawless. Like the GOP, we would hope to see a reconsideration of its decision to apply the sales tax to computer services, for instance, because we believe lawmakers acted rashly with that particular measure. But that’s a decision that should turn on the merits of the proposal, not on a technicality.

Lawmakers did act rashly in passing the computer services sales tax without meaningful public input. Had they sought input from impacted companies, they would have known that this new tax will stifle economic growth and damage Maryland’s competitiveness. Repealing it is a priority for the Maryland Chamber and our coalition partners.

Take a few minutes to contact your legislators and urge them to repeal this costly tax. Click here to learn more and take action.