Maryland's Controversial Tax on Digital Advertising Explained
Maryland’s attempt to stop businesses from telling customers about a controversial tax has hit a constitutional wall. On August 15, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the state’s “pass-through”...more
On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a First Amendment challenge to Maryland’s Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax (the “Tax”) holding that while a provision in the Tax scheme...more
Last fall, when a Maryland County Circuit Court held that the Maryland Digital Ad Tax violated the dormant commerce clause, the supremacy clause, the Internet Tax Freedom Act, and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,...more
Maryland and Ohio courts disagree on whether taxing billboards violates the 1st amendment. Will the Supreme Court weigh in? How will this affect the surge of interest in targeted taxes on digital advertising? Matt Hunsaker...more
Shortly after Maryland passed the country’s first “Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax”, H.B. 732, the Maryland Senate went to work attempting to fix a few known glitches in the law. Senate Bill 787, which passed the...more
Shortly after Maryland passed the country’s first “Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax,” H.B. 732, the Maryland Senate went to work attempting to fix a few known glitches in the law. ...more