It’s a seemingly rare case where the safeguards in the system worked as intended. After Maryland’s legislature passed into law a tax on digital advertising, it was quickly found to be unconstitutional for multiple reasons. A tax that was constitutionally and legally dubious on top of being bad policy met its end in the courts, so all is right with the world…right?
Wrong. Nine other states have already introduced proposals for their own digital advertising taxes, clearly not dissuaded by Maryland’s failure. What should have been taken as a stern judicial rebuke instead seems to have had no effect on states eager to grab at revenue from what is perceived to be a lucrative industry.
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