Repeal Maryland's Computer Services Tax Petition: Signature List Feed

Mr. Bryce Eversole [Signature #579]

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:55:19 UTC

Mr. Bryce Eversole, bel alton, maryland

If this tax does go threw you do relize you will be putting over 60,000 people out of work. and with the little money you do get from this tax increase it will be going right back out to the same people you unemployed plus some

Frances Aulisio [Signature #578]

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:41:53 UTC

Frances Aulisio, Prince Frederick, MD

brandon kovalick [Signature #577]

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:06:53 UTC

brandon kovalick, pasadena, md

Kip Sanborn [Signature #576]

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 07:47:56 UTC

Kip Sanborn, North Beach, MD

Barry Hammen [Signature #575]

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:56:52 UTC

Barry Hammen, Severn, MD

Mr Robert Wahlen [Signature #574]

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:55:57 UTC

Mr Robert Wahlen, New York, NY

Tell the State to budget themselves properly and stop wasting money and then raising taxes to cover their waste. Shame on you.

Mr. Jon Shenski [Signature #573]

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 12:44:42 UTC

Mr. Jon Shenski, Chaptico, MD

Jim Peckey [Signature #572]

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:48:45 UTC

Jim Peckey, Baltimore, MD

Abolish the MD State IT Services & Consulting Taxes!!!!

Mr Hossein Arvand [Signature #571]

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:47:17 UTC

Mr Hossein Arvand, Boyds, Maryland

Please repeal this destructive and harmful tax on Maryland businesses and citizens.Watch out how fast IT growth and competitive at North Virginia and other state.

Mr. Stephen Dean [Signature #570]

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:21:26 UTC

Mr. Stephen Dean, Pikesville, Maryland

Anonymous [Signature #569]

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:35:48 UTC

Anonymous, Montgomery Village, MD

As residents and business owners in the state of Maryland, we are not at all pleased with the vote in the recent special session to levy a ‘service tax’ on the Computer Service industry.

Passing this service tax has done nothing but hurt all computer service businesses in the state of Maryland, in particular the small business owners. It will surely send growth and jobs out of the state of Maryland and into our neighbors like Virginia or perhaps even overseas! We urge you to repeal the compu

Mike Frank [Signature #568]

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:26:16 UTC

Mike Frank, Elkton, MD

Mr Stanton Tam [Signature #567]

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:22:26 UTC

Mr Stanton Tam, Lutherville, MD

Ryan Morgan [Signature #566]

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:31:34 UTC

Ryan Morgan, Baltimore, MD

Please repeal this destructive and harmful tax on Maryland businesses and citizens.

Mr Lorin Johnson [Signature #565]

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:44:14 UTC

Mr Lorin Johnson, Laurel, MD

The services I perform are more like a civil or mechanical engineer's services...it's software engineering. Is sales tax charged on services like that? No, so why on computer engineering services?

Mr Brian Gregory [Signature #564]

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:21:12 UTC

Mr Brian Gregory, Severn, MD

This has got to be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Do they WANT every tech company in the state to leave?

Mr Phillip Muskett [Signature #563]

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:20:08 UTC

Mr Phillip Muskett, Westminster, MD

John Keene [Signature #562]

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:20:55 UTC

John Keene, Gaithersburg, MD

Anonymous [Signature #561]

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:42:51 UTC

Anonymous, Waldorf, MD

Vilma DeBoard [Signature #560]

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:42:14 UTC

Vilma DeBoard, Mount Airy, MD

Melissa Schellhaas [Signature #559]

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:41:26 UTC

Melissa Schellhaas, Mount Airy, MD

It is completely unfair to tax one industry over another and removes any incentive to do business in the state. Tax something that is based on discretionary funds like millionaires, smokers, travelers or drinkers. That's a little more rational than targeting an entire industry.

Ms Julianne Tilert [Signature #558]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:28:02 UTC

Ms Julianne Tilert, Jessup, MD

Mr Thomas Tilert [Signature #557]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:26:59 UTC

Mr Thomas Tilert, Jessup, MD

Mr Saman Rooeintan [Signature #556]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:48:09 UTC

Mr Saman Rooeintan, Rockville, MD

Mr Sherwin Shafie [Signature #555]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:43:11 UTC

Mr Sherwin Shafie, Rockville, MD

Paul Waldschmidt [Signature #554]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:56:00 UTC

Paul Waldschmidt, Alexandria, VA

Not a resident, but I live right next door and I feel the pain. MD never saw a tax it didn't like. Bout time the people of MD rose up and forced the bureaucracy to cut back.

Hunter Daley [Signature #553]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:50:46 UTC

Hunter Daley, Bethesda, MD

I just started my biz here and now I'm seriously considering moving back to VA.

Christopher Hynes [Signature #552]

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:48:20 UTC

Christopher Hynes, North Bethesda, MD

Brian Knauff [Signature #551]

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:00 UTC

Brian Knauff, Westminster, MD

Mrs Vasanthi Aharam [Signature #550]

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:45:37 UTC

Mrs Vasanthi Aharam, Vienna, VA

Mr. Ted Shoneck [Signature #549]

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:54:14 UTC

Mr. Ted Shoneck, Bethesda, MD

This bill is a great economic development incentive for the Commonwealth of VA, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of PA, and State of West Virginia. If it is not repealed, we will seriously look at relocating our multi-million dollar per year business from Bethesda to one of those other jurisdictions.

Dan Halka [Signature #548]

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:06:59 UTC

Dan Halka, Baltimore, MD

David Eisner [Signature #547]

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:44:40 UTC

David Eisner, Rockville, MD

This terrible tax MUST be repealled. IT is Maryland's Killer App and is what drives our economy. We should be incentivizing IT, not taxing it!

Mr. William Voelp [Signature #546]

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:12:44 UTC

Mr. William Voelp, Pasadena, Maryland

More business will be chased from our State into other states. Programming and Web can be done from anywhere. We are not a business friendly State.

Neal Bross [Signature #545]

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:22:32 UTC

Neal Bross, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Erik West [Signature #544]

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:48:38 UTC

Erik West, Mount Airy, Maryland

Mrs Jennifer Peters [Signature #543]

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:36:14 UTC

Mrs Jennifer Peters, Baltimore, MD

Mr Daniel Videlock [Signature #542]

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:22:12 UTC

Mr Daniel Videlock, Gaithersburg, Md

Mr John Lynch III [Signature #541]

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:04:16 UTC

Mr John Lynch III, Ocean City, MD

Mrs Lisa Lynch [Signature #540]

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:03:06 UTC

Mrs Lisa Lynch, Ocean City, MD

Mr Richard Kuryk [Signature #539]

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:31:51 UTC

Mr Richard Kuryk, Lutherville, MD

Ms Alice Kuryk [Signature #538]

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:49:37 UTC

Ms Alice Kuryk, Lutherville, MD

I urge you to repeal the computer tax immediately. This is a very important issue for Maryland and your support is needed if Maryland is to be competitive in today's marketplace.

Mr. Peter Hypolite [Signature #537]

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:54:16 UTC

Mr. Peter Hypolite, Lanham, MD

This proposed tax will directly impact the growth of business - all business - in the state. There is hardly a business in existence today that does not depend in some way on computer services. This short-sighted bill is the surest way I know of to send revenue across the border into Delaware and Northern Virginia. A terrible idea for Maryland.

Jian Qi [Signature #536]

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:15:15 UTC

Jian Qi, North Potomac, Maryland

Watch out how fast IT growth and competitive at North Virginia. If MD don't care to own the non polution, work home capable to relieve traffice JAM, need less earth resources IT industry, IT will move out MD for less cost because today the invest can't even get 5% return to pay the tax. MD resident and company will use the IT service from other state just because it will be cheaper than MD and Maryland will eventually without this kind business, thus Maryland will get nothing, include the tax

Mr. Paul Dufendach [Signature #535]

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:51:14 UTC

Mr. Paul Dufendach, Berlin, MD

Mr. John M. Comegys Comegys [Signature #534]

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:10:04 UTC

Mr. John M. Comegys Comegys, Ocean City, MD

No Taxes on Services!

Becky Lawson [Signature #533]

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:21:18 UTC

Becky Lawson, Ocean Pines, MD

John Fletcher [Signature #532]

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:42:52 UTC

John Fletcher, Silver Spring, MD

It hurts small business when they have to pay 6% more for IT services.

Katherine Lee [Signature #531]

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:19:41 UTC

Katherine Lee, Columbia, MD

Bruce Russell [Signature #530]

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:25:49 UTC

Bruce Russell, Bowie, MD

Mrs Joan Schneider [Signature #529]

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:59:29 UTC

Mrs Joan Schneider, Salisbury, MARYLAND

Ms. Rosalie Ennis [Signature #528]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:43:43 UTC

Ms. Rosalie Ennis, Pocomoke City, MD

Diana Merritt [Signature #527]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:33:02 UTC

Diana Merritt, Salisbury, Maryland

Peggy Grinath [Signature #526]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:31:18 UTC

Peggy Grinath, Pocomoke City, Md

Mr Joseph Daniels [Signature #525]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:31:21 UTC

Mr Joseph Daniels, Camp Springs, MD

I run a single member LLC which provides computer services to the federal government. I understand that my income is already highly taxed. This new tax will be a disaster for my family because it will not make my company competitive and will drive the few clients I have away. Do not take the decline in property taxes out on small business owners providing valuable services to their customers.

Thank You

Ms. Michele Moore [Signature #524]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:04:24 UTC

Ms. Michele Moore, Pasadena, MD

Ken Seth [Signature #523]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:40:39 UTC

Ken Seth, Mount Airy, MD

MR. Glenn Jacobson [Signature #522]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:39:07 UTC

MR. Glenn Jacobson, Baltimore, Maryland

Paul Fenton [Signature #521]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:50:32 UTC

Paul Fenton, Sykesville, MD

Taxing services that drive the Maryland economy is not the way to fix budget shortfalls. Maryland already burdens it's residents with high taxes, let's not also tax the businesses who pay their salaries.

Mrs. Tasha Nilsen [Signature #520]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:39:35 UTC

Mrs. Tasha Nilsen, Bishopville, MD

Stop taxing consumers and businesses to death.

Mr Christopher Kane [Signature #519]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:38:16 UTC

Mr Christopher Kane, Salisbury, Maryland

Mr. Scott Campbell [Signature #518]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:13:06 UTC

Mr. Scott Campbell, Bethesda, MD

Ms Miranda Kroening Gilman [Signature #517]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:35:29 UTC

Ms Miranda Kroening Gilman, Salisbury, MD

Mrs. Mary Bradford [Signature #516]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:15:28 UTC

Mrs. Mary Bradford, Berlin, MD

Services are not tangible & therefore should not be taxed.

Mr. James Dufendach [Signature #515]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:58:15 UTC

Mr. James Dufendach, Salisbury, MD

This would do nothing but drive commerce out of state, and drive smaller businesses out completely. No other service is being taxed this way.

Mrs Bonnie Johnson [Signature #514]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:39:17 UTC

Mrs Bonnie Johnson, Berlin, MD

Mr. James McGehee [Signature #513]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:31:23 UTC

Mr. James McGehee, Columbia, Maryland

Danielle Holmes [Signature #512]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:06:26 UTC

Danielle Holmes, Pasadena, Maryland

I think we are taxed enough with nothing to show for it. My elementary school still has portable classrooms, which are unsafe. The roads re horrible. The Baltimore city schools are having to lay off 300 employees. Where does all this tax money go!

Jeffrey Holmes [Signature #511]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:29:21 UTC

Jeffrey Holmes, Silver Spring, MD

Mr. Troy Bundy [Signature #510]

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:12 UTC

Mr. Troy Bundy, Ellicott City, Maryland

If a tax is needed, it should be shared across all businesses in Maryland not just IT firms and it should be a flat tax that won't hurt the businesses like $500 or $1000 per business per year. IT firms will be hit very very hard with this.

Mr. William Lynch [Signature #509]

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:17:39 UTC

Mr. William Lynch, Ocean City, Maryland

Steven Martin [Signature #508]

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:17:05 UTC

Steven Martin, Bishopville, MD

My business provides this service as well as telecommunications, and other related services. Does this mean anything with a computer is subject to this tax? So many devices now classify as a computing device, even though they are not a computer. Does this mean my digital sound processing equipment will be subject to this? What about Tivo and DVR's. This has to stop now! As a business, this will be impossible to regulate, and I won't comply.

Pavel Kozyura [Signature #507]

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:24:47 UTC

Pavel Kozyura, Germantown, Maryland

Chris Van der Slice [Signature #506]

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:04:20 UTC

Chris Van der Slice, Ocean City, Md.

Why only computer industry service? There is no service tax on auto repair, construction industry services, like electrical, heating and air, plumbing, or any other service industry that is required for ownership and maintenance of lifes needs. These areas of service only tax the materials used in the service. Tax is already collected on computer and network hardware and software. Why further rape state residents on the service of computer related service, when no other electronic or others are?

Mr Ben Fegley [Signature #505]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:35:25 UTC

Mr Ben Fegley, Frederick, MD

Mr. Anonymous [Signature #504]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:45:06 UTC

Anonymous, Frederick, MD

This will make everything harder for small IT companies in MD. Also, as a business owner I was given no lead time to consider changing my rates. I am finding about this after the fact. Do I need to pay sales tax on something I did not apply sales tax on in the past??

Mrs Sandra Brosnan [Signature #503]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:37:30 UTC

Mrs Sandra Brosnan, Ellicott CIty, MD

Mrs. Maria Falcon [Signature #502]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:07:21 UTC

Mrs. Maria Falcon, Elkton, MD

Mrs. Rhonda Green [Signature #501]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:41 UTC

Mrs. Rhonda Green, Baltimore, MD

Mr Isaac Stalk [Signature #500]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:01 UTC

Mr Isaac Stalk, Elkton, MD

Mrs Mayra Stalk [Signature #499]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:04:20 UTC

Mrs Mayra Stalk, Elkton, MD

Mr Darryl Schenk [Signature #498]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:24:19 UTC

Mr Darryl Schenk, Sunderland, MD

Cory Beard [Signature #497]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:10:09 UTC

Cory Beard, Baltimore, MD

Elizabeth Beard [Signature #496]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:09:40 UTC

Elizabeth Beard, Baltimore, MD

mr. Rich Rubinstein [Signature #495]

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:33:38 UTC

mr. Rich Rubinstein, Eldersburg, Md

There are other ways to generate revenue other than an industry that has generated thousands of jobs over the last 15 years and maintained a healthy state economy.

Mr Joseph Gardner [Signature #494]

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:12:51 UTC

Mr Joseph Gardner, Walkersville, MD

Mr Greg Short [Signature #493]

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:53:21 UTC

Mr Greg Short, Baltimore, MD

I'm a small IT business owner based in Baltimore City. The sort of IT work targeted in this legislation can easily be transferred out of state or even off-shore. This tax is certainly very short-sighted and will no doubt have lasting negative repercussions in the Maryland IT industry.

Andrew Moylan [Signature #492]

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:42:55 UTC

Andrew Moylan, Silver Spring, Maryland

Ms Miriam Glickman [Signature #491]

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:20:09 UTC

Ms Miriam Glickman, Adelphi, MD

Carol Grim [Signature #490]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:39:24 UTC

Carol Grim, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Barry Vetter [Signature #489]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:36:45 UTC

Barry Vetter, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Mary Vetter [Signature #488]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:35:29 UTC

Mary Vetter, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Mr Douglas Frank [Signature #487]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:18:20 UTC

Mr Douglas Frank, Hyattsville, MD

Kristina Rasmussen [Signature #486]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:23:06 UTC

Kristina Rasmussen, Alexandria, VA

Drew Nordgren [Signature #485]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:34:42 UTC

Drew Nordgren, Arlington, Virginia

David Isaac [Signature #484]

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:57:40 UTC

David Isaac, Bethesda, MD

This tax will drive small business owners like me out of business. Why would a prime pay 6% premium to use a subcontactor on Federal contracts, instead of hiring their own people? Our total margin on Federal contracts is typically 10%. Since we will have to fit within established market labor rates, you are taking away 60% of my Maryland income! I will have to stop doing business in Maryland.

MRS Anonymous [Signature #483]

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 03:05:49 UTC

Anonymous, cATONSVILLE, MD

Mr. Kenneth Stark [Signature #482]

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 06:11:06 UTC

Mr. Kenneth Stark, Catonsville, MD

Randall Christensen [Signature #481]

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:25:30 UTC

Randall Christensen, Laurel, MD

Marie Rundquist [Signature #480]

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:10:13 UTC

Marie Rundquist, Gaithersburg, Maryland

My contracts with Federal clients do not allow for the collection of a 6% sales tax, as the Federal Government does not pay sales tax. I am self-employed.