MARYLAND
FORM
502CR
INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR
INDIVIDUALS INSTRUCTIONS
2017
Page 1
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, Long-
Term Care Insurance Credit, Credit for Preservation and Conservation
Easements, Credit for Aquaculture Oyster Floats, the Community
Investment Tax Credit, the Endow Maryland Tax Credit, Preceptors
in Areas with Health Care Workforce Shortages Tax Credit, Heritage
Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit, Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit
(See Instructions.), Flow-Through Nonresident PTE Tax and IRC Section
1341 Repayment Credit. 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 (See Instructions.), 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
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, K, and L 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.
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 K of the summary Form 502CR. Record the
total amount from line 14 of the separate Forms 502CR on line 1, Part L
of the summary Form 502CR.
GROUP I - Nonreciprocal - Credit is taken on the Maryland resident
return.
Alabama - AL
Arizona - AZ
Arkansas - AR
California - CA
Colorado - CO
Connecticut - CT
Delaware - DE
Georgia - GA
Hawaii - HI
Idaho - ID
Illinois - IL
Indiana - IN
Iowa - IA
Kansas - KS
Kentucky - KY
Louisiana - LA
Maine - ME
Massachusetts - MA
Michigan - MI
Minnesota - MN
Mississippi - MS
Missouri - MO
Montana - MT
Nebraska - NE
New Hampshire - NH
New Jersey - NJ
New Mexico - NM
New York - NY
North Carolina - NC
North Dakota - ND
Ohio - OH
Oklahoma - OK
Oregon - OR
Pennsylvania - PA
(except wage income)
Rhode Island - RI
South Carolina - SC
Tennessee - TN
Texas - TX
Utah - UT
Vermont - VT
Virginia - VA
(except wage income)
Washington, DC - DC
(except wage income)
West Virginia - WV
(except wage income)
Wisconsin - WI
Territories and
Possessions of the
United States
American Samoa - AS
Guam - GU
Northern Mariana
Island - MP
Puerto Rico - PR
U.S. Virgin Islands - VI
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 in these states
because you did not pay any income tax to the other state.
PART A – IMPORTANT NOTE FOR DUAL RESIDENTS
A person may be a resident of more than one state at the same time for
income tax purposes. If you must le a resident return with both Maryland
and another state, use the following rules to determine where the credit
should be taken:
1. A person who is domiciled in Maryland and who is subject to tax as a
resident of any of the states listed in Group I or II can claim a credit
on the Maryland return (Form 502) using Part A of Form 502CR.
2. A person domiciled in any state listed in Group I or II who must le
a resident return with Maryland must take the credit in the state of
domicile.
PART A – SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Members of Pass-through Entities - When a partnership, S corporation,
limited liability company (LLC) or business trust les a composite return
on behalf of its partners, shareholders or members with states in Groups
I and II, Maryland resident partners, shareholders or members may claim
a credit for their share of the tax paid. Attach a copy of the composite
return led with each of the other states. In lieu of the composite return,
attach a statement(s) from the pass-through entity showing your share
of the total income, your share of the taxable net income and your share
of the tax liability in each of the other states.
Complete a separate Form 502CR Part A for each state, entering your
share of the taxable net income on line 2 and your share of the tax liability
on line 11. Do not enter the amount of tax withheld on your behalf as
shown on the Maryland Schedule K-1 or other statement issued to you
by the pass-through entity. Total the amount from each Form 502CR,
Part A, line 13. Using only one summary Form 502CR, record the total on
Part K, line 1. Total the amount from each Form 502CR, Part A, line 14.