# Is the retail purchase of a newspaper supposed to be tax free in Maryland?

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**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-retail-purchase-of-a-newspaper-supposed-to-be-tax-free-in-maryland/168020 "2003-04-11T13:01:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-retail-purchase-of-a-newspaper-supposed-to-be-tax-free-in-maryland/168020/21 "2003-04-13T04:31:26Z")

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In Ohio, magazines are taxed but newspapers aren’t. As I was told by a bookstore cashier, if it has a staple, it’s taxed. Most newspapers, of course, don’t have a staple, but some of the hobby-type newspapers are stapled, and so are taxed, as they are apparently considered magazines that happen to be printed on newsprint.

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