tax credits

State auditors are examining how well Maryland's assessments agency has managed the homestead property tax credit, a popular tax break for homeowners that has come under increased scrutiny since The Baltimore Sun revealed that hundreds of city owners were improperly receiving multiple credits.

About a third of historic credit recipients told the city on application surveys that they¿d still do the rehabs without the abatement, according to The Sun¿s analysis.

City and state legislators called Monday for stepped-up scrutiny of property tax credit programs in Baltimore, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found that chronic errors have cost the city millions of dollars in lost revenue.

The City of Baltimore has failed to collect millions of dollars because of the chronic miscalculation of tax breaks for historic renovations, a Baltimore Sun investigation has found.

Property tax bills in Baltimore are getting a bit more transparent, even if the same can¿t be said of the Rawlings-Blake administration when it comes to detailing those changes.

How 21,000 wealthy Americans managed to avoid owing federal income taxes.

City should seek more from casinos and billboards before turning to residents

Baltimore needs to substantially reduce property taxes but can't do it all at once

Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of Baltimore's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call — the result of a lost check.

A carefully choreographed strategy to raise state income taxes to stave off so-called Doomsday budget cuts faces a challenge in the General Assembly after several Democrats defied party leaders with a proposal to raise the sales tax instead.

Governor O'Malley says state cannot afford to lose the benefits of the ACA

Modest tax break is valid even though home has been a rental since August

Baltimore's Department of Finance said Wednesday that its year-old "billing integrity" effort to ferret out unwarranted tax breaks has turned up just over $4 million in extra property taxes due the city.

Dwindling membership coupled with increasing operating costs and a high property tax bill have put Hammond Park Pool in a precarious financial situation. The pool, along with the five other nonprofit swim clubs in Howard County that are all in similar situations, have petitioned the county government for help.

Henry and Jenna Bush Hager enjoy modest break on rented S. Baltimore rowhouse

Many Baltimore City property owners may have a hard time comprehending the size of their tax bills, but the bills themselves should make more sense when the new batch goes out in the mail.

In an about-face, Baltimore finance officials now say the owners of five city homes that received two years¿ worth of erroneous tax breaks can repay the city over time and without incurring interest or penalties.

All the jobs, money and excitement that Hollywood has brought to Maryland during the last year could soon disappear amid all the finger-pointing and blame-gaming over the budget impasse in Annapolis.

What bills were passed by the Harford Delegation and Maryland General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session

An obscure law seemed to bar city homeowners from getting both a historic rehab tax credit and a homestead credit on the same house at the same time.

Five Baltimore homeowners have been getting erroneous historic rehab property tax credits for the past two years. City officials took a leisurely pace when it came to answering basic questions about these mysterious breaks.

Social worker who owes $5,700 by April 30 calls city's demand "hardship to put mildly"

Tens of thousands of Maryland homeowners who haven't already applied for the Homestead Property Tax Credit have until the end of the year to do so or lose the often-valuable break. State assessors launched an online feature Monday that notes whether a property's application is in and processed.

Tens of thousands of Maryland homeowners who haven't already applied for the Homestead Property Tax Credit have until the end of the year to do so or lose the often-valuable break. State assessors, hoping to cut down on anxious calls, launched an online feature Monday that notes whether a property's application is in and processed.

A state program that gives businesses tax breaks for investing in property or hiring workers will be withdrawn from three of Baltimore's redeveloping waterfront communities under a city proposal that would shrink the size of the city's Enterprise Zone.

Dan Rodricks is wrong to suggest that illegal immigrants can add to a community.

A city government effort to root out property-tax fraud and errors would triple — from one employee to three — if Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's budget request for next fiscal year is approved.

A Maryland plan to sell tax credits to insurance companies succeeded in raising $84 million in a novel online auction, and the revenue will be pumped into promising technology companies across the state over the next 18 months, officials said.

Senate committee crafts an elegant solution to Maryland's education funding conundrum but does it ask too much of taxpayers?

Harford County Delegation receives letter saying an amended property tax credit bill wouldn't includes Joppa homes near the Fort Hoyle Road sand and gravel pit, as was originally said

A Patterson Park activist told state lawmakers Tuesday that he backs a proposal to fine homeowners caught getting unwarranted homestead credits on their property tax bills.

Why does The Sun always side with the little guy?

Legislation pending in Congress would create an historic preservation tax cut that could boost Main Street businesses

Two Baltimore City Council members are planning campaigns to get the word out about property tax assistance for homeowners with modest incomes.

Rather than just a mechanism to help people stay in their homes, the Maryland Homeowners' Property Tax Credit has also become an incentive for buyers, and that is something the state can't afford right now.

Recipients include young professionals in $300,000-plus homes

Ablitech's choice earlier this year to move to Baltimore was a modest win for the still-growing University of Maryland BioPark on the west side of downtown, where around 500 people work.

Eight Maryland businesses approved for $34 million in tax credits from 2007 to 2010 failed to document their project or startup costs, according to a legislative audit of the state's economic development agency.

Councilman Guthrie and Harford Delegation go head to head on Magnolia Road property tax credit

City council justifies controversial decision, one councilwoman disagrees

Tax credit to speed Senator Theatre renovations

Senator Theatre gets a $300,000 taqx credit from the state to do restoration of the hisoric theater, including a $100,000 roof replacement and restoration of the ceiling mural in the theater's rotunda lobby.

A bipartisan group of Congressmen from Virginia is seeking to overturn an obscure IRS rule that is precluding cheaper, market-based options for school renovation.

Tax deductions not to overlook this season.

Del. Rosenberg abandons plan to created tiered tax cap linked to property owners' income

State says it mistakenly undervalued Montgomery Street home by $393,000

With Baltimore set to reap a windfall from disallowed property tax credits, perhaps a reward is in order

State agency removes credits, guided by Baltimore Sun analysis of "double dippers"

Frustrated by Maryland's high rate of health disparities, state leaders are proposing a new plan of attack: creating Health Enterprise Zones that offer tax credits and other financial incentives to attract services for minorities.