Maryland Digital Ad Tax Fight Extended With Discovery, Witnesses

The legal battle over Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax will take much longer to resolve than previously expected, after the Maryland Tax Court directed the parties to seek input from expert witnesses and engage in a lengthy discovery process.

The court issued a scheduling order that includes six months of discovery followed by a series of evidentiary hearings starting July 21 for the four tech and media companies challenging the tax, including Apple Inc., Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., and Peacock TV LLC. All four companies want refunds of tens of millions of dollars of the ...