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What are the recent government form and tax changes for Maryland?

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Summary

Description of tax changes for the state of Maryland that we've included in Sage 300 CRE.

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Upcoming Changes

  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2026: The standard deduction amount has increased to $3,400.00. County rates have changed for Allegany and Kent. Distributed in PTUS 26.03 on March 26, 2026.

Recent Changes

 

  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 2, 2025: The standard deduction amount has increased to $3,350.00. The tax tables have changed for all filing statuses. The tax rate has changed for Dorchester County. Distributed in PTUS 25.05.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2025: Standard deduction amounts changed. Rates have changed for Anne Arundel, Calvert, and St. Mary's counties. Distributed in PTUS 25.03 on May 22, 2025.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2024: Standard deduction amounts changed. Rates have changed for Anne Arundel, Cecil, and Frederick counties. Distributed in PTUS 24.02 on January 23, 2024.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) Effective January 1, 2023: Standard deduction amounts changed. Various counties updated their tax rates. Distributed in PTUS 23.02.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective in 2022: Distributed in PTUS 22.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective date January 1, 2021: The tax tables changed for all filing statuses. The standard deduction is 15% of gross income. The maximum amount of the deduction increased to $2,350.00. The exemption amount remained the same. Rates changed for Anne Arundel, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, and St. Mary's counties. Distributed in the PTUS 21.04 on March 18, 2021.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective date January 3,2020: The standard deduction range changes to a minimum of $1,550 and a maximum of $2,300. Distributed in the PTUS 20.03 on February 27, 2020.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2020: The standard deduction and exemption amount stayed the same. The non-resident tax rate increased to 2.25%. Rates change for Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Dorchester, Kent, Washington, St. Mary's, and Worcester counties. Distributed in the PTUS 20.02 on January 16, 2020.
  • Federal Withholding - Effective January 1, 2020: This update included other filing statuses to accommodate the new federal filing statuses. It didn't include Maine state tax withholding changes. The effective date on the MDSWH tax shows January 1, 2020 after installing the PTUS 20.01 update. When a tax rate has an additional update or change, the effective date increments by one day. The MDSWH effective date will show January 2, 2020 after installing the PTUS 20.02 update.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2019: Rate changed for Caroline county. Distributed in PTUS 19.02 on January 23, 2019.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective July 1, 2018: The maximum deduction increased to $2,250.00. The standard deduction is 15 percent of gross income annually, with a minimum of $1,500.00. The state personal exemption remains at $3,200.00. Distributed in PTUS 18.09 on June 28, 2018.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2018: Distributed in PTUS 18-02 on January 4, 2018.
  • State Withholding (MDSWH) - Effective January 1, 2016: Distributed in PTUS 16-02 on December 30, 2015.