Wednesday, February 27th - Save Maryland IT Day

Zenoss is based in Annapolis, MD and under a new state tax we are facing a new sales tax for computer-based services. Let me tell you it stinks.
Here’s a story from the Baltimore Sun with all the details. Here’s a blog post with a segment on WJZ a local television station.
If you are a Maryland computer services company we encourage you to join the Fight The Tech Tax coalition.

There’s also an event this week to lobby Maryland lawmakers to do the right thing.
Join us in Annapolis on February 27 for Save Maryland IT Day, a media event and lobbying day to advocate the repeal of the computer services sales tax.

This tax will impact nearly every business — large and small — in Maryland. Whether your company is a user or provider of IT services, this tax will have a negative impact on your competitiveness. Taxing computer services will stifle economic economic development and job creation in Maryland. Unless repealed, the 6 percent computer services sales tax will take effect on July 1. We need you in Annapolis on February 27 to tell your story to the media and to lawmakers.

The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Maryland Inn on Church Circle in Annapolis. We will hold a media briefing featuring a number of CEOs at 11 a.m. We’ll also hear from some legislators who support the repeal of the tech tax at 11:30 a.m. Following the briefing, we will walk over to the House and Senate office buildings to urge lawmakers to repeal the tax.