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Maryland Sales Tax to Increase on Thursday

GET READY TO PAY a little more for items and services purchased in Maryland.

As The Sun reminds readers today, a 20-percent sales-tax increase, the first such hike since 1977, will take effect on Thursday:

Consider a pack of gum.

If your favorite chicle-based confection costs from 41 cents to 60 cents, the tax to be applied under the old formula was 3 cents. Starting tomorrow, the 3-cent levy applies to gum that costs 34 cents to 50 cents. Chewing gum between 51 cents and 66 cents will now take a 4-cent tax.

Business owners across the state have been adjusting their cash registers to account for the new sales tax rules.

» "Sales Tax Rise a Pain in the Cash Register" [Sun]

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