Community Meeting for Info and Insights on the Computer Services Sales Tax and Maryland Tax Reform Act of 2007 will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 8 to 10 A.M in Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Jan. 31, 2008 – The Chesapeake Regional Tech Council today announced a special community meeting on the Computer Services Sales tax, organized amidst growing questions and concerns from the regional tech community about the new tax, its enactment and effects and about several new related bills recently introduced in the house and senate.

While not a direct lobbying group, the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council works to convey in-depth information and insights about top-of-mind technology issues. “The computer services tax has the potential to have a huge effect on our member companies,” said Michael Ryan, President of the CRTC and President of Annapolis-based South River Technologies. “We want to provide access to the latest information about the tax as it stands now; on the bills recently introduced and the likelihood, as it stands now, of those bills passing.  We look to provide our membership and the technology community at large with an opportunity to dialogue about the potential impacts of this extremely important legislation.”

Details about the meeting are:

Community Meeting:  Info and Insights on the Computer Services Sales Tax
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Buddy's Crabs and Ribs, Main Street, Annapolis
Cost: $10 at the door
INFO: www.chesapeaketech.org
RSVP: info@chesapeaketech.org

Description: This special meeting will address the latest insights and potential changes to the computer services sales tax enacted last fall and pending bills currently in the house and senate.

Participants include:
Herman Rosenthal, Esquire, Maryland Tax Specialist, Whiteford Taylor Preston
David Eisner, President and CEO of Dataprise
Tom Loveland, Co-Founder. Maryland Computer Services Association
Legislative Representatives

The meeting is open to the public. For more information, visit the council’s website at www.chesapeaketech.org

 
About the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council
Founded in 1992 as the Anne Arundel Tech Council, the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council is dedicated to supporting the tri-metro region’s growing technology industry with symposiums, educational seminars and quarterly events all designed to foster an exchange of ideas from the region’s vibrant tech industry. The Tech Council is supported by a grant from the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation, which allows members access to the EDC’s resources and business leaders. More than 250 businesses from the Annapolis/Baltimore/Washington D.C. area are members of the council, including many of the area’s well-known leading technology companies.