New requirement to qualify for Homestead Tax Credit, plus State of Maryland’s Homeowners’ and Renters’ Tax Credits
Administrator2023-04-06T22:12:05-04:00Montgomery County issued a press release on April 4, 2023, that is causing a great deal of confusion regarding the Homestead Tax Credit application. This press release failed to mention that the Homestead Tax Credit only needs to be applied for one time, so people are confused as to whether they should be applying for the credit by the new deadline of May 1, 2023, or not. The State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) has reported an influx of phone inquiries (on April 5th over 930 inquiries were received by 1:30 PM when its daily average is 200 inquiries). The increased volume of these calls is preventing [...]