MAM led the lobbying effort on the following legislative issues since its inception in 2000:

• Enactment of MD’s first corporate income tax credit for R&D expenditures in 2000 – now law. (Also extended twice.)
• Enactment of “single factor” corporate income tax apportionment formula for manufacturers in 2001 – now law. (Successfully fought against attempts to repeal it since 2001.)
• Defeat of “throwback” legislation that would have had the effect of canceling the benefits of single factor for manufacturers.
• Defeat of “addback” legislation relating to the so called “Delaware Holding Company” issue – defeated in 2003, finally passed in 2004 but with a settlement period for amnesty.
• Defeat “Alternative Minimum Assessment” legislation – multiple years – this will be back.
• Defeat “combined reporting” for the corporate income tax – multiple years – this will be back.
• Defeat public disclosure of tax credits and exemptions received by corporations – this will be back.
• Fought against “Wal Mart Bill” that required large employers to pay a payroll tax is their health insurance benefits were not at a specified level – passed but overturned by the courts.
• Supported restructuring of Maryland’s Unemployment Insurance rate structure saving MD manufacturers thousands of dollars per year – now law.