Marylanders will start paying sales tax on Amazon purchases with new warehouse

Sarah Meehan 

Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal

Amazon.com Inc. is coming to Southeast Baltimore, and already you can hear the groans on social media.

While the new distribution center at 5003 Holabird Ave. will bring with it 1,000 full-time jobs, it will also mean a 6 percent sales tax for every Amazon order by Maryland residents — regardless of whether an order actually ships from the Baltimore warehouse.

“Sales tax has to be applied to all purchases made with Amazon by Maryland residents,” Maryland Retailers Association President Patrick Donoho said.

Read full article from The Baltimore Business Journal