Maryland

Gold price in Maryland

Spot is $4,609.65/oz right now. Spot is the same everywhere — what changes in Maryland is the premium dealers charge over it and whether the state taxes the purchase.

Sales tax on bullion

Gold bullion is exempt in Maryland

State rate: 6%
Exemption threshold: None
Source read on: 2026-08-16

What the tax would cost here

State rate only · local rates stack on top

On a $500 order: $0.00
On a $1,000 order: $0.00
On a $2,500 order: $0.00
On a $10,000 order: $0.00

Nothing is owed at the state level on any order size, so premium and shipping are the whole cost difference here.

How common is this answer

34 of 51 states treat bullion this way

Exempt34
No sales tax5
Above a threshold5
Taxed7

The rule, as Maryland writes it

Maryland’s exemption used to be one of the narrowest in the country: Tax-General §11-214.1 exempted precious metal bullion or coins only where the sale price exceeded $1,000 AND the sale took place at the Baltimore Convention Center — effectively a coin-show exemption. Chapter 730 of 2026 (Senate Bill 309) repealed both conditions, so the exemption is now general. The codified text published online still shows the old wording, so summaries drawn from it are out of date; confirm the effective date with the Comptroller before relying on it for a recent purchase.

The state rate is 6%. Local rates are charged on top of it and are not included here.

Source: Maryland Chapter 730, 2026 (SB 309) — repealing the $1,000 and Baltimore Convention Center conditions in Tax-General §11-214.1 · read on 2026-08-16

What this page cannot tell you

Whether tax is actually charged depends on the dealer, not only on where you live: a retailer collects sales tax in states where they have nexus.

Local city and county rates stack on top of any state rate shown here, and several exemptions cover investment bullion but not jewellery or collectibles sold well above melt.

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Tax information is a sourced, dated reading of a public document, not tax advice. Rules change; confirm with Maryland before a large purchase. Flag image: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.