Md. Senate Panel Sets Hearing On Alcohol Tax Bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland senators have scheduled a hearing Wednesday on a measure that would add a sales tax for beer, wine and liquor, similar to the one D.C. levies.
Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell, D-Baltimore, introduced a proposal Monday night which would phase in a new tax on alcohol sales and raise $90 million for the cash-strapped state.
The proposal would add one percentage point a year on top of the state sales tax over three years until drinkers pay 9 percent to the state whenever they imbibe.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who has said he expects the tax to pass his chamber, called the proposal "modest."
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