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Maryland Tax Changes to the State and Local Income Tax Rates

Maryland Tax Changes to the State and Local Income Tax Rates

January 5, 2026

Learn more about the changes to the standard and itemized deductions

During the 2025 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly enacted several changes to the income tax rates in the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025.

Changes include:

  • Counties and Baltimore City may now impose a maximum local income tax rate of 3.30% in a tax year beginning after Dec. 31, 2024.
  • The legislation retains Maryland’s progressive personal income tax rate schedule up to the 5.75% bracket, caps that bracket, and adds two new income tax brackets for high-income earners on Maryland Taxable Income for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2024.
  • At the state level, the legislation eliminates the income-based phase-in and indexes future increases to cost-of-living adjustments.
  • Beginning in tax year 2025, taxpayers with FAGI in excess of $200,000 must reduce the amount of their otherwise allowable itemized deductions by an amount equal to 7.5% of FAGI in excess of $200,000.

 

Learn more information here.

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