District Court Orders Briefs on Md. Digital Ad Tax Pass-Through

Briefs are due April 29 on the constitutionality of Maryland banning companies from passing to consumers costs of the state’s digital ad tax, the U.S. District Court in Baltimore Judge Lydia Griggsby ordered Friday. Responses are due May 13, she said. The judge said a date for oral argument, “if warranted,” is to be determined. Maryland and business challengers supported a May argument (see 2204050037). Griggsby ruled last month the Tax Injunction Act precluded the court from reviewing the tax itself, though it could review the law’s pass-through prohibition (see 2203040060).