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Maryland shortchanges taxpayers millions of dollars, according to state audit

FOX 5 has learned the state of Maryland has been shortchanging people millions of dollars on their tax returns, according to a new state audit.

Maryland has been shortchanging people millions of dollars on their tax returns according to a new state audit.

Auditors found the state has been miscalculating a tax credit for homeowners for years, and last year alone, just in Montgomery County, the error led to thousands of taxpayers losing out on a total of $4.4 million.

The miscalculation was for the Homeowners’ Tax Credit (HTC) which benefits low-income families, seniors and people who may have lost their job. Auditors didn’t calculate additional losses to taxpayers in other jurisdictions or for prior years. They said the calculation error has happened since 2005.

Louis Wilen, a retired computer programmer from Montgomery County, discovered the problem four years ago. It’s not the first time he’s found a tax flaw in Maryland.

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5 thoughts on “Maryland shortchanges taxpayers millions of dollars, according to state audit”

  1. How about refunds PLUS INTEREST!
    They would certainly charge it to YOU if you didn’t pay what was owed,

    I’m waiting for Peter Franchot to respond ……… ???

  2. I don’t believe we’ll get our overpayments back. The Hogan administration has spent it and wants more. They’ll tax you until we’ll after you’re dead! They tax your coffin, your burial plot, your estate. Then there’s Korean.

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