Gov. Wes Moore and the Democratic-led Maryland General Assembly have a week to resolve the state’s $3.3 billion budget deficit. The Maryland House passed a version last week. The bills now head to the Senate, where they’re likely to be amended.
On March 20, Moore, House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones of Baltimore County and Senate President Bill Ferguson of Baltimore City, all Democrats, announced they were nearing a deal that included an additional $500 million in cuts. The overall budget bill includes over $2 billion in cuts.
While the plan will raise income taxes on the highest earners, it will either lower or not impact taxes for 94% of Marylanders, Moore said.
Other taxes proposed by the governor or Democratic lawmakers this year — like a new 75-cent fee on retail deliveries purchased online and a new 2.5% tax on a larger area of business-to-business services — are not in the final plan. The replacement for those previous revenue options will be a 3% tax on data and information technology services.
The law requires that they pass a balanced budget by the last day of the legislative session, which is April 7 this year.
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