The farmland transfer tax owed to counties upon the sale of agricultural property must be reduced by a state surcharge of 25 percent, a divided Maryland high court has ruled. Montgomery County had ...

Under the AMA, the surcharge amount (i.e., administrative fine) is calculated as relevant turnover multiplied by a certain fixed percentage, in principle, ten percent (e.g., for a cartel case).

Currently, in a cartel case, the surcharge amount (i.e., administrative fine) is calculated as base fine multiplied by a certain fixed percentage, in principle, ten percent. The base fine under the ...