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Md Pt As To Begin Collecting Sales Tax

Monday, December 3, 2012

Top 5 Stories: PTA Taxes, Central Avenue Crashes

From back-to-back accidents on Central Avenue, to one man's closer look at Maryland PTA tax records, here's a rundown of the biggest stories from last week.

Click each link to read more.  No.1—PTAs To Begin Collecting Food Sales Tax Local chapters of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in Maryland will now have to start collecting sales tax on all items during fundraisers after the state comptroller's office told officials that PTAs had been violating tax law. The news will cause a shift in PTA tax collection. Previously, PTA officials thought some items were exempt, but that will no longer be the case. No. 2—Edgewater Neighbors Turn Home Experiments Into Beauty Business About two years ago, Edgewater residents Terri Hirschmann and Kim Loprete started conducting “self experiments” with natural body oils and salts, searching for ways to improve the health of their skin. Now, the two South …

Monday, November 26, 2012

PTAs To Begin Collecting Food Sales Tax

The state comptroller told PTA officials they had been violating tax law by not collecting sales tax.

UPDATE (Tuesday 11:32 a.m.)—Local chapters of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in Maryland will now have to start collecting sales tax on all items during fundraisers after the state comptroller's office told officials that PTAs had been violating tax law. Whenever a local school’s PTA hosted a bake sale or magazine fundraiser in the past, the organization usually charged a flat fee for certain items since the hosts usually already paid retail tax on the items. However, that is now going to change due to the comptroller’s interpretation of Maryland tax law, said Maryland PTA president-elect Ray Leone. "PTAs have always paid retail tax. We have never not paid taxes. We did, however, think that certain items were exempt as they were …

Greg

11:22 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Why not just have a "Bake Donation....???"   more ›

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