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Only In Maryland Can They Make a Penny Harder Than Calculus

dascpa
Level 12

Dear Marylander, 

The cessation of penny production has caused a shortage. New Maryland law authorizes rounding the price of goods or services being sold or the change given in certain in-person cash transactions. Generally, if a merchant rounds a cash transaction, a merchant must round down to the nearest multiple of 5 cents when the price or the change ends in 1 cent, 2 cents, 6 cents, or 7 cents, and round up when the price or change ends in 3 cents, 4 cents, 8 cents or 9 cents. More information is available in the Rounding Cash Transactions Tax Alert.


For more information about this and other 2025 changes to Maryland Taxes, please visit our Tax Updates webpage

 

Sincerely,

The Maryland Office of the Comptroller