MARYLAND
FORM
502CR
INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR
INDIVIDUALS INSTRUCTIONS
2019
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, Endowments of Maryland Historically Black Colleges
and Universities 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, the IRC Section 1341 Repayment Credit, and
Child and Dependent Care Expenses tax 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, Endowments
of Maryland Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 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
Review Administrative Release 42 for additional
instructions and required documentation.
If you are a Maryland resident (including a resident duciary)
and you paid income tax to another state, you may be eligible for
State and local tax credits on your Maryland return. Nonresidents
(ling Form 505, 515 or 504) are not eligible for this credit.
Find the state to which you paid a nonresident tax or the state
of the locality to which you paid a nonresident tax in one of the
following groups. The instructions for that group will tell you if
you are eligible for credit and should complete Part A of Form
502CR. You must le your Maryland income tax return on Form
502 and complete lines 1 through 21 and line 28 of that form, or
on Form 504 and complete lines 1 through 11 and line 18. Then
complete Form 502CR Parts A, AA, and BB and attach to Form
502 or 504.
A completed, signed copy of the income tax return led in the
other state and/or locality must also be attached to Form 502
or 504.
CAUTION: Do not use the income or withholding tax reported
on the wage and tax statement (W-2 form) issued by your
employer for the credit computation. Use the taxable income
and the income tax calculated on the return you led with the
other state.
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Claiming Credit for Taxes Paid to Multiple States and
Localities If you are claiming credit for taxes paid to multiple
states, a separate Form 502CR must be completed for each state.
Total the amount from each Form 502CR, Part A, line 13 and line
14. Using only one Form 502CR as a summary section, record
the total amount from line 13 of the separate Forms 502CR on
line 1, Part AA of the summary Form 502CR. Record the total
amount from line 14 of the separate Forms 502CR on line 1, Part
BB of the summary Form 502CR.
GROUP I - Nonreciprocal - Credit is taken on the Maryland
resident return.
Alabama - AL Mississippi - MS Utah - UT
Arizona - AZ Missouri - MO Vermont - VT
Arkansas - AR Montana - MT Virginia - VA
California - CA Nebraska - NE (except wage income)
Colorado - CO New Hampshire - NH
Washington, DC - DC
Connecticut - CT New Jersey - NJ
(except wage income)
Delaware - DE New Mexico - NM
West Virginia - WV
Georgia - GA New York - NY
(except wage income)
Hawaii - HI North Carolina - NC
Idaho - ID North Dakota - ND
Wisconsin - WI
Illinois - IL Ohio - OH
Territories and
Indiana - IN Oklahoma - OK
Possessions of the
Iowa - IA Oregon - OR
United States
Kansas - KS Pennsylvania - PA
American Samoa - AS
Kentucky - KY (except wage income)
Guam - GU
Louisiana - LA
Rhode Island - RI
Northern Mariana
Maine - ME
South Carolina - SC
Island - MP
Massachusetts - MA
Tennessee - TN
Puerto Rico - PR
Michigan - MI
Texas - TX
U.S. Virgin Islands - VI
Minnesota - MN
A Maryland resident (including a resident duciary) having
income from one of these states must report the income on the
Maryland return Form 502 or 504. To claim a credit for taxes paid
to the other state, and/or local jurisdiction in the other state,
complete Form 502CR and attach it and a copy of the other
state’s nonresident income tax return (not just your W-2 Form)
and, if applicable, the local jurisdiction's nonresident income tax
return to your Maryland return.
GROUP II - Reciprocal for wages, salaries, tips and commission
income only.
Pennsylvania - PA Washington, DC - DC
Virginia - VA West Virginia - WV
Maryland has a reciprocal agreement with the states included in
Group II. The agreement applies only to wages, salaries, tips and
commissions. It does not apply to business income, farm income,
rental income, gain from the sale of tangible property, etc. If you
had such income subject to tax in these states, complete Form
502CR and attach it and a copy of the other state’s nonresident
income tax return (not just your W-2 Form) and, if applicable,
the local tax jurisdiction's nonresident income tax return to your
Maryland return.
If you had wages, plus income other than wages from a state
listed in Group II, you should contact the taxing authorities in
the other state to determine the proper method for ling the
nonresident return.
NOTE: If you had wages subject to tax in a locality in
Pennsylvania, you may le Form 502CR to claim a State and
local tax credit. Enter the amount of tax that you paid to the
locality on line 11, Part A of the Form 502CR.
GROUP III - No state income tax - No credit allowed.
Alaska - AK South Dakota - SD
Florida - FL Washington - WA
Nevada - NV Wyoming - WY
You must report income from these states on your Maryland
resident return. You cannot claim any credit for income earned