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​The Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (also known as the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or SDAT) is a customer-focused agency that works to ensure property is accurately assessed, business records are appropriately maintained, and necessary tax-related information is conveyed to state agencies and local jurisdictions. The Department's responsibilities can generally be split into three main areas:

Important 2024 Real Prope​rty Assessment Information​

Please be advised ​of the new and improved format​ of the 2024-25 assessment notices.​

Business Services

​Contact Us​

​Customers with questions regarding their business, real or personal property asse​ssment, or tax credit are strongly encouraged to contact the Department using the contact information below.

#### Business S​ervices​

#### Maryland Saves​

You may be eligible to have your annual filing fee waived! To determine if your business has been exempted from the 2024 Annual Report fee, please check the followi​ng list of SDAT IDs compiled by Maryland Saves as approved for the fee exemption. The deadline to earn the fee exemption for the 2024 Annual Report through Maryland Saves was December 1, 2023. Please visit the MarylandSaves homepage for more information regarding enrollment in the program and how to earn the Annual Report fee exemption for the 2025 Annual Report.

** Please note that SDAT is not responsible for maintaining the list of businesses eligible for the MDSaves fee exemption. Email MDSavesat clientservices@marylandsaves.com with questions or concerns about your status and/or eligibility.

Annual Report Filing Requirements​

Please be advised that, on advice of SDA​T's Assistant Attorney General's Office, effecti​ve January 1, 2021, all legal domestic and foreign entities will be required to file all past-due Annual Reports revive, reinstate, re-register, or re-qualify with the Department, with the exception of any Maryland Religious corporation or any foreign or domestic non-stock corporation which did not hold business personal property. Per Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 53-509(b), Maryland religious and all non-stock

corporations must file the lesser of all missing Form 1s, or 7 years' worth.​

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#### Real Property Valuation Services​​