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Prince George's County Council introduces excise tax on telecommunications to bolster school funding
Summary
Council members introduced CB 18-2025 to replace the county's telecommunications sales tax with a $3.50-per-line monthly excise tax, directing most revenue to the public school system; committee staff projected roughly $51 million in 2026 and the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committee reported the bill favorably with amendments.
Prince George's County Council members introduced CB 18-2025, a measure to repeal the county's existing telecommunications sales tax and replace it with a flat $3.50-per-month excise tax per line, with 90 percent of net proceeds earmarked for operating expenditures for the county public school system and the remainder available for administrative costs, approved school capital projects or debt service.
The bill was presented in first reading and referred to the Committee of the Whole. Council Member Watson summarized the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy…
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