Section 11-219 - Services. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-219. Services.
 

(a)  Personal, professional, or insurance service.- The sales and use tax does not apply to a personal, professional, or insurance service that: 

(1) is not a taxable service; and 

(2) involves a sale as an inconsequential element for which no separate charge is made. 

(b)  Custom computer software services.- The sales and use tax does not apply to a sale of custom computer software services relating to procedures and programs that: 

(1) otherwise are taxable under this title; 

(2) are to be used by a specific person; 

(3) (i) are created for that person; or 

(ii) contain standard or proprietary routines that incorporate significant creative input to customize the procedures and programs for that person; and 

(4) do not constitute a program, procedure, or documentation that is mass produced and sold to: 

(i) the general public; or 

(ii) persons associated in a trade, profession, or industry. 

(c)  Optional computer software maintenance contracts.- The sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of an optional computer software maintenance contract if the buyer does not have a right, as part of the contract, to receive at no additional cost software products that are separately priced and marketed by the vendor. 

(d)  Prepaid telephone calling arrangement.- The sales and use tax does not apply to the use of a taxable service obtained by using a prepaid telephone calling arrangement. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 81, §§ 326, 375; 1988, ch. 2, § 1; ch. 337, § 1; 1992, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 1, § 2; 1995, ch. 129; 1999, ch. 688; 2007, Sp. Sess., ch. 3, § 3; 2008, ch. 10, § 3.]