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Business owners urged to unite in effort to give new tech tax the ax

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 02/07/08

Business leaders urged local technology firms to get in front of lawmakers and voice their worries as part of a growing effort to repeal the computer services tax passed during a special session of the legislature in November.

Colleen Dugan - The Capital At a town hall meeting in downtown Annapolis, business leaders spoke against the impact a computer services sales tax could have on local technology firms. From left, Brian Levine of Tech Council of Maryland, Tom Loveland of the Maryland Computer Services Association, and David Eisner, president of Dataprise in Ropckville.
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"We have to put a face on this," said Tom Loveland, co-founder of the Maryland Computer Services Association, a lobbying group for the information technology industry that was formed late last year. "They must see us, they must know about this."

At a town-hall-style meeting held by the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council at Buddy's Crabs and Ribs in downtown Annapolis yesterday, Mr....

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