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Comptroller asks Ways and Means to allow email notices to employers about state earned income tax credit

2245463 · February 6, 2025
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Comptroller Brooke Lierman told the House Ways and Means Committee that a bill (HB 603) would let the Comptroller's Office email employers about the state earned income tax credit rather than mail notices to all employers, saving postage and increasing reach.

Comptroller Brooke Lierman told the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 6 that House Bill 603 would let her office email employers to promote Maryland's earned income tax credit (EITC) rather than relying only on mailed notices.

Lierman said the EITC is an important anti-poverty, bipartisan program but that many eligible workers do not claim it because they do not file tax returns or do not know they are owed a refund. The bill would give…

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