Monthly Archives: October 2014

We hope that you enjoyed the movie  “Unfair – Exposing the IRS”.  As a taxpayer, by definition you are a member of our Association.  Please click on the tab above to join our mailing list.  We will keep you up to date on egregious legislation that will affect your wallet.

Please send us your IRS “horror stories” as we would like to compile true examples of government overreach.  You may email the stories to our President, Dee Hodges, at mdtaxes@comcast.net

Donations are always appreciated.  Thank you.

The Cato Institute released a report grading governors across the country over their recent fiscal policies and how well they’ve tried to rein in taxes and spending. Maryland, with O’Malley  [and Brown] ranked low – better than bottom placed California but WELL behind Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia.  (Virginia was NOT in the analysis).

Click here for the report.

In a fall 2007 Special Session, at the request of the O’Malley/Brown Administration, the sales tax was hiked 20% from 5% to 6% in a solely partisan vote. An analysis by Dee Hodges for the Maryland Taxpayers Association of the rate increase effects over the following six years, concluded that it has been a failure.   Continue reading →