HB 695

Digital Advertising Gross Revenues - Taxation

Sponsor: Delegate WashingtonCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - MiscellaneousStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Imposing a tax on annual gross revenues derived from digital advertising services including advertisement services on a digital interface in the State; establishing a presumption that digital advertising services are provided in the State if the digital advertising services appear on a certain device of a certain user; requiring the Comptroller to distribute digital advertising gross revenues tax revenue to administer certain tax laws and the remainder to be distributed to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc.

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Testimony (32)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableUNF 20UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gardiner, Shamoyialobbyist	ACY	Written (PDF)
FAV	English, Marietta	American Federation of Teachers	Written (PDF)
FAV	Noveau, Barbara	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon, Travis	SEIU local 500	Written (PDF)
FAV	gardiner, shamoyialobbyist	acy	Position only
FAV	johnson, seanlobbyist	msea	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	francaviglia, joe	strong schools maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	thomas, tikeetha	strong schools maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Washington, Delegate Washingtonlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	rector, clark	ADVERTISING FEDERATION	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	MCDERMOTT, MATT	ADVERTISING FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Oswald, Chris	Association of National Advertisers	Position only
UNF	Reynolds, Patricklobbyist	COST	Written (PDF)
UNF	Looney, Sean	Comcast NBCUniversal	Oral
UNF	bilger, david	Form Policy	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Barnes, Ronlobbyist	Google	Written (PDF)
UNF	Costello, Chris	Howard County Chamber	Written (PDF)
UNF	Costello, Chris	Howard County Chamber	Position only
UNF	Olsen, John	Internet Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Griffin, Andrewlobbyist	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tabuteau, Richardlobbyist	MD Tech Council	Written (PDF)
UNF	Stevenson, Vans	MPA	Written (PDF)
UNF	Henchman, Joe	McDermott, Will, & Emery	Position only
UNF	ARNOLD, BRANDON	NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Fisher, Christina	TechNet	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cohen, Rita	The Association of Magazine Media	Position only
UNF	snyder, rebeccalobbyist	mddc	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	purcel, melanie	ocean city chamber of commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Marczyk, Bernielobbyist	Individual	Position only
INFO	Kinnally, Kevin	MACo	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

acyFAV 1

ACYFAV 1

ADVERTISING FEDERATIONUNF 1

ADVERTISING FEDERATION OF BALTIMOREUNF 1

American Federation of TeachersFAV 1

Association of National AdvertisersUNF 1

Comcast NBCUniversalUNF 1

COSTUNF 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Form PolicyUNF 1

GoogleUNF 1

Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 1

Howard County ChamberUNF 2

Internet AssociationUNF 1

MACoINFO 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

McDermott, Will, & EmeryUNF 1

MD Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

MD Tech CouncilUNF 1

mddcUNF 1

MPAUNF 1

mseaFAV 1

NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNIONUNF 1

ocean city chamber of commerceUNF 1

SEIU local 500FAV 1

strong schools marylandFAV 2

TechNetUNF 1

The Association of Magazine MediaUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGardiner, ShamoyiaACYRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVgardiner, shamoyiaacyRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence

FAVjohnson, seanmseaRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association

UNFReynolds, PatrickCOSTRegistered for: AFT Maryland; AFT-Maryland; American Federation of Teachers - Maryland

UNFBarnes, RonGoogleRegistered for: Google LLC and its Affiliates

UNFGriffin, AndrewMD Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland; Experience Prince George's; Howard County Chamber of Commerce…

UNFTabuteau, RichardMD Tech CouncilRegistered for: Bolt Technology OÜ dba Hopp; Boyd Gaming Corporation; ChargePoint; Chevy Chase Village; Elev8 Baltimore, Inc.; Fortinet…

UNFsnyder, rebeccamddcRegistered for: MD/DC Press Association

UNFMarczyk, BernieRegistered for: Adobe Inc.; American Petroleum Institute; Amgen, Inc.; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP; Baltimore County Public Library Board of Trustees…