Baltimore’s tax on commercial billboard operators unconstitutionally infringes on their right to free speech in the advertisements and messages they post, an attorney for the city’s leading billboard owner told a skeptical Maryland high court Friday. Billboards are “a venerable ...

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We asked experts to weigh in on how they anticipate how those big drivers may impact your financial well-being in 2019.

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Charles Rettig was barely 24 hours into his new job as President Donald Trump's hand-picked chief tax official when a bombshell news report hit, alleging shady tax dealings by Trump and his family roughly 20 years ago.

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The action under the new Republican tax law pits the government against high-tax, heavily Democratic states in an election-year showdown.

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Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl D. De Sousa was suspended with pay by Mayor Catherine Pugh on Friday, one day after he was charged in federal court with three misdemeanor counts of failure to file taxes.

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Several business owners are suing the small town of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, for a nearly eight-fold property tax increase they allege is unlawful and designed to shut their businesses down.

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Maryland's tax collector says a report on how the federal tax overhaul will affect the state will be released in a few weeks.

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Marylanders could find it more difficult to save money through popular tax deductions and credits under the tax cut bill unveiled Thursday by the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. The elimination of the deduction for state taxes and property ...

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  With the start of tax season, stress levels are rising at many small businesses. Even owners who are organized, keep good books and stay in touch with their accountants can find compiling returns to be a painful process. One ...

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The Maryland Public Service Commission was within its regulatory authority when it required a gas company to pay $48 million as a condition for approval of a planned 130-megawattt electric generating station in Calvert County, the state’s top court ruled unanimously Friday.

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