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SDAT Tax Credit Programs
Tax Credit Programs and Exemption Information
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- Homeowners' Tax Credit an income based program
- Renters' Tax Credits
- *Homestead Tax Credit for owner-occupied residential property
Commonly asked questions on the Homestead Tax Credit eligibility application- Real Property Tax Exemption Information
Exemption Applications
*NOTE: Property owners who use the property as their principal residence will receive an assessment notice containing a Homestead Tax Credit Application. This one-time application must be submitted in order to insure that the credit is granted only on eligible properties and not on properties that are rented or used as vacation homes. The applications can be filed on-line here on the Department’s website or by mailing the paper form in the postage paid envelope included in the assessment notice. Homeowners not reassessed until 2010 can wait until then to submit a Homestead Tax Credit application.
Homeowners' and Renters' Tax Credits
The homeowners' and renters' tax credit programs are designed to help low-income homeowners and renters by limiting the amount that they must pay in property taxes. To receive the tax credit, an application and all supporting documents must be sent to SDAT no later than September 1 of each year.
You may also request application by mail:
- Homeowners Tax Credit Program
- Homeowners Tax Credit Application (pdf)
Local tax credit programs that supplement the State Homeowners' Tax Credit
- Frederick County
- Garrett County
- Harford County
- Howard County
- Kent County
- Montgomery County
- City of Gaitherburg
- City of Rockville
- Prince George's County
- City of College Park
- City of Greenbelt
- City of Hyattsville
- Renters Tax Credit Program
- Renters Tax Credit Application (pdf)
Once the application has been completed and signed, mail to:
- By calling (410) 767-4433. If you live in Maryland but outside the Baltimore area, call (800) 944-7403.
- Or email your request to taxcreditapp@dat.state.md.us. Please include a postal mailing address when requesting an application. Applications can not be e-mailed.
State Department of Assessments & Taxation
Tax Credit Program
301 W. Preston Street, Room 900
Baltimore, Md. 21201-2395
For faster processing of your application please specify Homeowners or Renters on the outside envelope.
Real Property Exemption Applications
For further information, or to receive a particular tax exemption application, contact your local Department of Assessments and Taxation office. Completed applications must be mailed to your local assessment office.
Exemption Applications in PDF:
- Blind Persons
- Surviving Spouses of Blind Persons
- Churches, Parsonages, Convents, Educational Buildings, and Church Cemeteries
- Disabled Veterans
- Surviving Spouses of Disabled Veterans
- Surviving Spouses of Disabled Veterans Receiving DIC Benefits
- Surviving Spouse of a Military Casualty
- Governmentally Owned Property
- Fraternal, Benevolent, or Educational Property
- Charitable Property
Miscellaneous Applications in PDF
- Application for Agricultural Use Assessment
- Agricultural Declaration of Intent
- Application for Assessment Exemption for an Improvement Required for the Health or Medical Condition of a Resident
- Application for Residential Use Assessment for Rezoned Residential Property