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Cut-flower growers seek sales-tax parity with other farm products; sponsors to work on fiscal-note scope
Summary
Flower farmers urged lawmakers to exempt direct retail cut-flower sales by farmers from sales tax, arguing current policy treats cut flowers differently than other farm products and impedes small growers; sponsors said they would amend the bill to limit scope to Maryland growers to address a large fiscal note.
Delegate Schmidt and witnesses from the Maryland Cut Flower Growers Association told the Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 6 that House Bill 461 would treat cut flowers sold directly by Maryland farmers like other farm products and exempt them from sales tax.
David Brunton, a Millersville flower farmer and member of the Maryland Cut Flower Growers Association, said…
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