Maryland Taxes: Homestead Tax Credit
February 11th, 2010 | 
Author: How many times have you had to apply for the Homestead Tax Credit? How many times have you forgotten to send the form back in a tax year? How much have you over paid in state property tax to the benefit of our spendthrift legislature?
I am furious that I have to keep filing this status while I am STILL in the home and paying property taxes for it. We almost missed our application deadline. It was in one of those envelopes that got over looked during the time of my serious illness last year. It occurred to me that the spendthrifts are HOPING that many homeowners FORGET to apply for this credit and thus LOSE the exemption. You think?
Incredulity is the word for finding that the online application did not work for me at the state website. A match between my property tax account number and access number does not work as of February 11th. The letter says I have sixty days.
Warning to all Maryland property tax payers. SEND IN YOUR HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. The state is banking on you that you don’t. Pun intended.
Please note that a family member also living in Maryland sent an ONLINE and a MAILED application and NO HOMESTEAD CREDIT was applied! My relative paid the state an extra $1000 in state property taxes. We applied last year and the year before that. Both times online. As taxpayers we should NOT tolerate this kind of incompetence. My relative FINALLY made a personal visit to a state tax office and offered a prayer to the Almighty.
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I am FURIOUS that the online application for this tax credit has not worked for me since the 11th. The form makes a BIG DEAL about using the state's website (and I have used it before) yet the damned thing cannot match my account to my provided access code. Based on my experience this year and the lack of response from my delegate to an email I sent to her and my unintended lateness dealing with this, I expect to pay more in taxes this year.
Reapplying for this credit should NOT BE A REQUIREMENT. It should be a ONE TIME application. I believe the state has done this in order to obtain additional tax revenue KNOWING that a percentage of people will forget to file this application. They have learned this from experience and have applied it to their distinct financial advantage.