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Committee backs switching telecom sales tax to $3.50-per-line excise to bolster school funding
Summary
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee voted 3-1-1 to move CB 18-2025 favorably; the bill would repeal the county telecommunications sales tax and replace it with an excise tax of up to $3.50 per line per month, a change OMB projects could raise roughly $51.6 million in the 2026 fiscal year.
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee voted to move CB 18-2025 favorably out of committee, a measure that would repeal Prince George’s County’s telecommunications sales tax and replace it with a per-line excise tax of up to $3.50 per line per month. The committee approved proposed technical amendments before advancing the bill; the final committee vote was 3 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention.
The administration and county budget staff presented data showing years-long erosion of revenues from the county’s telecommunications sales tax. David Juppay of the Office of Management and Budget told the…
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