Maryland raised roughly $6 million in new revenue in July, one month after implementing a 50 percent increase to the state’s alcohol sales tax, according to office of Franchot, the state comptroller’s. If future monthly revenues equal July’s rate, the state will come up $13 million short on its revenue estimate for the first year of the sales tax increase. The increase, which adds roughly 30 cents to every $10 of alcohol sold, was projected to raise roughly $85 million a year.
