When you choose to use ACH Credit to pay your Maryland withholding tax, motor fuel tax or corporation tax, you are instructing your bank to credit (electronically send) your tax payment to the state's bank. Using software from your bank, you designate the amount and date of the transaction. Beginning August 1, 2013, EFT ACH will no longer be available for sales and use tax payments.
2. Buy smarter bulbs. An LED light bulb costs as little as $5 at home improvement stores, and it can save more than $100 over its lifetime. LEDs use up to 85 percent less energy to deliver the same amount of light as incandescents, and they come in many different shapes, colors, and intensities.
Tips to save on energy and costs when cooking. 1  Use a solar oven. 2  Use a crockpot or a microwave oven for baking. 3  Open the oven door only when necessary.  Don't put aluminum foil on the bottom of a gas oven to catch 1  drippings. Use glass and ceramic pans when baking.  Isolate the 1  kitchen. Don't use pilot lights on gas burners.