Digital Goods Get Online Sales Tax in Maryland, Will Affect Paid Content & Dating Sites

Through a series of bills, Maryland is looking to establish an online sales tax for digital goods — including content and dating sites.While it’s

Through a series of bills, Maryland is looking to establish an online sales tax for digital goods — including content and dating sites.While it’s unsure which exact bill will pass, digital products in Maryland will likely include music, audio books, eBooks, audio greeting cards, ring tones (or other digitized sound files), online newspapers, magazines, periodicals, chat room discussions, and images (the last two implicate dating sites particularly). One bill singles out online subscriptions, grouping them with the sale of digital products.So, if you have a business nexus in Maryland, you’ll need to start collecting sales tax on your subscriptions or membership billing. Read our sister site’s U.S. Sales Tax Primer and then talk to your accountant or CFO, and possibly your attorney. Also, sign up to receive free updates from Paywall Times — as these laws and regulations are bound to change, we’ll make sure to keep you informed.

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