New Maryland Tax Proposal: Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act

The Comptroller of the State of Maryland Peter Franchot announced today that his office will be proposing the Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act.  The legislative act will need to be approved by the General Assembly of Maryland (Maryland’s legislative body), but if the Taxpayer Protection Act becomes a law, it is intended to protect taxpayer information and to provide the Comptroller’s office with more opportunity to prosecute those who commit taxpayer identity theft.  Earlier today, Peter Franchot said that the Act will improve the Comptroller’s Office’s ability to protect Maryland taxpayers from identity theft. He specifically asserted that the Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act is necessary to keep up with “rapidly-increasing fraud schemes and fast-changing threats to sensitive data.”

Robb Longman of Longman & Van Grack, who is the Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Section, has not yet had the opportunity to review the Comptroller’s proposed legislation.  Robb plans to review the details of the Taxpayer Protection Act shortly when he and the Tax Section review the legislation in order to make comments to the Comptroller’s Office.

Robb hopes that the Taxpayer Protection Act will provide true protection to Maryland taxpayers so that all taxpayers will have an easier time making reports to the Comptroller’s Office regarding identity theft and other issues where the taxpayer has been mislead.

Longman & Van Grack’s Tax Attorneys regularly represent clients in many different tax matters and are very familiar with the IRS Offer in Compromise program.  Robb Longman has many clients through countless tax matters. If you would like to contact Robb or one of our attorneys, you can reach us at (301) 291-5027.