Appeals Court Strikes Down Part of Maryland Digital Advertising Tax

A lower court previously held the state law did not violate the First Amendment.

The Maryland State Capitol Building in Annapolis, Md., in a file image. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

A federal appeals court struck down a Maryland law forbidding companies from listing a state tax on digital advertising on customers’ receipts.

The unanimous tax-transparency ruling in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Lierman was issued on Aug. 15 by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The defendant, Brooke Lierman, is Maryland’s comptroller.