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Comptroller Lierman highlights unclaimed property wins, tax-system modernization and staffing limits
Summary
Comptroller Brooke Lierman told the Eastern Shore delegation her office returned $121 million in FY25 through a revamped unclaimed-property system and outlined a plan to move individual taxes to a new platform in August; she warned the office needs more call-center staff (PINs) to handle increased casework.
Comptroller Brooke Lierman briefed the Eastern Shore delegation on Feb. 27 about agency reorganizations, modernization projects and taxpayer services, stressing both recent gains and operational limits.
Lierman described a new unclaimed-property system launched in October that she said improved electronic filing and customer access; the office returned $121,000,000 to Marylanders in fiscal 2025 and has started proactively issuing smaller checks to identified owners. “We sent back a $121,000,000 in the…
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