Business leaders and their lobbyists flocked to Annapolis aimed at defeating a bill that would increase taxes on services businesses provide each other. The bill adds a 2.5% tax on business to business services. "This bill makes doing business in Maryland harder and less strategic," said Rebekah Olson, CEO of the Maryland association of CPA's. "So what we're doing here is we're incentivizing businesses to relocate," said William Chambers, President and CEO of the Salisbury chamber of commerce. "Maryland should be making it easier for businesses to thrive, not forcing them to look elsewhere," said Kimberly Prescott, Owner, Prescott HR.
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