MARYLAND
FORM
502CR
INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR
INDIVIDUALS INSTRUCTIONS
2018
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose of Form. Form 502CR is used to claim personal income
tax credits for individuals (including resident duciaries).
You may report the following tax credits on this form: the Credit
for Income Taxes Paid to Other States and Localities, Credit for
Child and Dependent Care Expenses, Quality Teacher Incentive
Credit, Credit for Aquaculture Oyster Floats, Long-Term Care
Insurance Credit, Credit for Preservation and Conservation
Easements, Venison Donation Tax Credit, Community
Investment Tax Credit, Endow Maryland Tax Credit, Preceptors
in Areas with Health Care Workforce Shortages Tax Credit,
Independent Living Tax Credit, Student Loan Debt Relief Tax
Credit, Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit, IRC Section
1341 Repayment Credit and Flow-Through Nonresident PTE Tax.
You must le Form 500CR electronically to claim a business
income tax credit other than the Community Investment Tax
Credit and Endow Maryland Tax Credit.
The Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit, the Heritage Structure
Rehabilitation Tax Credit and/or certain business tax credits
from Form 500CR and the IRC Section 1341 Repayment Credit
are refundable. All of the other credits may not exceed the state
income tax.
Excess credit for the Preservation and Conservation Easements
Tax Credit, Community Investment Tax Credit and Endow
Maryland Tax Credit may be carried forward to the next tax year.
Excess amounts of the other credits cannot be carried forward.
Note: Resident duciaries may use Form 502CR to claim
only a credit for income taxes paid to other states and/
or localities or a Credit for Preservation and Conservation
Easements.
Name and Other Information. Type or print the name(s) as
shown on Form 502, 505, 515 or 504 in the designated area.
Enter the Social Security number for each taxpayer.
Form 502CR must be attached to the annual return (Form
502, 504, 505 or 515).
PART A - CREDIT FOR INCOME TAXES PAID TO OTHER
STATES AND LOCALITIES
See Administrative Release #42 for detailed instructions on
completing Part A.
PART B - CREDIT FOR CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE
EXPENSES
If you are eligible for a Child and Dependent Care Credit on
your federal income tax return for tax year 2018, you may be
entitled to a credit on your Maryland state income tax return.
The credit starts at 32.5% of the federal credit allowed, but is
phased out for taxpayers with federal adjusted gross incomes
above $41,000 ($20,500 for individuals who are married, but
le separate income tax returns). No credit is allowed for an
individual whose federal adjusted gross income exceeds $50,000
($25,000 for married ling separately). Use the CREDIT FOR
CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE EXPENSES CHART to determine the
decimal amount to be entered on line 3 of Part B.
PART C - QUALITY TEACHER INCENTIVE CREDIT
If you are a qualied teacher, you may be able to claim a credit
against your State tax liability for tuition paid to take graduate-
level courses required to maintain certication. This credit
applies to individuals who:
a. Currently hold a standard professional certicate or
advanced professional certicate;
b. Are employed by a county/city board of education in
Maryland, a state or local correctional facility, or a juvenile
correctional facility as listed below in the note;
c. Teach in a public school or qualied facility and receive a
satisfactory performance;
d. Successfully complete the courses with a grade of B or
better; and
e. Have not been fully reimbursed by the state/county/city for
these expenses.
Only the unreimbursed portion qualies for the credit.
Each spouse that qualies may claim this credit. Complete a
separate column in the worksheet for each spouse.
NOTE: Qualied juvenile facilities are: the Alfred D. Noyes
Children's Center; the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center; the
Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School; the Cheltenham Youth Facility; the
J. DeWeese Carter Center; the Lower Eastern Shore Children's
Center; the Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center; the Victor
Cullen Center; the Western Maryland Children's Center; and the
youth centers.
INSTRUCTIONS
Line 1 Enter the name of the Maryland public school system or
State or local correctional facility or qualied juvenile
facility in which you are employed and teach.
Line 2 Enter the amount of tuition paid for graduate-level
courses for each qualifying teacher and the name of the
institution(s) to which it was paid.
Line 3 Enter the amount received as a reimbursement for
tuition from your employer.
Line 5 The maximum amount of credit allowed is $1,500 for
each qualifying individual.
Line 6 The credit is limited to the amount paid less any
reimbursement up to the maximum amount allowed for
each qualifying individual. Enter the lesser of line 4 or
line 5.
Line 7 Enter the total of line 6, for Taxpayers A and B. Also
enter this amount on Part AA, line 3.
PART D - CREDIT FOR AQUACULTURE OYSTER FLOATS
A credit is allowed for 100% of the amounts paid to purchase
new aquaculture oyster oats that are designed to grow oysters
at or under an individual homeowner’s pier. The devices must
be buoyant and assist in the growth of oysters for the width of
the pier. In the case of a joint return, each spouse is entitled to
claim the credit, provided each spouse purchases or contributes
to the purchase of a oat. The credit amount is limited to the
lesser of the individual’s state tax liability for that year or the
maximum allowable credit of $500. In the case of a joint return,
each spouse must calculate his/her own state tax liability for
limitation purposes.
PART E - LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE CREDIT
A one-time credit may be claimed against the state income
tax for the payment of qualied long-term care (LTC) insurance
premiums as dened by the IRS (Publication 502) for a policy
to insure yourself, or your spouse, parent, stepparent, child or
stepchild, who is a resident of Maryland.
A credit may not be claimed if:
a. The insured was covered by LTC insurance prior to July 1,
2000;
b. The credit for the insured is being claimed in this year by
another taxpayer;
c. The credit is being or has been claimed by anyone in any
other tax year; or