ANNAPOLIS — Maryland has boosted its revenue projections for fiscal 2012 by $195 million, but anticipates slower economic growth over the next two years, the state’s top tax collector said Wednesday. Better-than-expected individual income tax payments drove the increase. But ...

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Maryland’s tax revenues are expected to exceed projections at the end of the fiscal year, but the figures heading into next year are not quite so rosy, according to state Comptroller Peter Franchot. Through April, general fund revenues were $10.2 ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Expanding Maryland’s sales tax to include more services is “the place to go” in fixing the state’s persistent structural deficit, the chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee said Thursday. Sen. Edward J. Kasemeyer, D-Howard and Baltimore ...

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