State Budgets: First, The Bad News

Those who follow state finances might well have been enthralled by the tales of several states without budgets as of fiscal 2018 - particularly Illinois, which went 736 days before…

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Short-Term Residential Rentals Regulation: What’s Next?

In this year's annual publication, Issue Papers: 2017 Legislative Session, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) details the emergence of short-term residential rentals and how tax requirements are regulated in Maryland…

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Counties Support Fair Taxation Of Online Rental Platforms

MACo Executive Director Michael Sanderson testified in support of Senate Bill 93, "Hotel Rental Tax – Accommodations Intermediary – Collection Requirement," before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee on February 1, 2017.…

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“Airbnb Bill” Heard in the House

MACo Executive Director Michael Sanderson testified on HB 1361, Hotel Rental Tax and Sales and Use Tax - Limited Residential Lodging, to the House Ways and Means Committee on March…

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