Tax Information
General Guidelines
AWP bookfair exhibitors are responsible for complying with all applicable federal, state, and municipal regulations governing sales tax and collection, and, when required, for remitting sales tax in a timely manner. It is required that each exhibiting organization ensures they are tax compliant.
Maryland Sales Tax
The management of the annual AWP Conference and Bookfair is required by law to provide the Comptroller of Maryland the names and email addresses of all exhibiting organizations. Each exhibitor is responsible for the collection, reporting, and payment of taxable sales made during #AWP26 in Baltimore. Please be aware you will be receiving communications from the Comptroller’s office near the conference dates that may require action on your behalf.
The Maryland Department of Revenue sends out temporary sales tax forms to all exhibitors that do not have a Maryland sales tax number. If you fail to return the form, the Comptroller of Maryland will not issue you a future temporary sales tax number and you will not be able to do business in Maryland. Any exhibitor who does not comply with the laws of the State of Maryland will not be allowed to exhibit.
If you have not received your temporary sales and use tax license prior to a show, you may be delinquent in paying past shows’ sales taxes. A representative from the Comptroller of Maryland office may attend a show to collect delinquent sales taxes before issuing these companies licenses. At the show, you must be prepared to pay any delinquent sales taxes or provide proof of paid sales taxes for any past show in question. When all tax matters are resolved you will be allowed to setup and sell at the show.
If you have any questions regarding your compliance with the collection, reporting, and payment of taxable sales or believe you are delinquent in your sales tax payments from any past shows, please contact:
Andrea B. Fosler
Comptroller of Maryland
Compliance Division, Temporary License/Special Events Unit
301 W Preston Street Room 201
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-767-1543 (Phone)
410-333-5158 (Fax)
afosler@comp.state.md.us
AWP provides tax guidance information as a courtesy, please direct all questions to the Comptroller of Maryland regarding your specific organization’s needs and compliance.
