CHAPTER NUMBER: 109 
File Code: Taxes - Income
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Comptroller)
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Comptroller - Tax Return Preparer - Filing Requirements and Penalties
 
Requiring income tax return preparers to sign a return or claim for
refund prior to presenting the return or claim to the taxpayer or
entity for signature; requiring that another preparer review and sign
the return or claim if the original preparer is unavailable; requiring
the preparer to sign the return in a specified manner; providing that
if more than one preparer is involved in the preparation of the return
or claim, the individual with the primary responsibility is subject to
specified signature requirements; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/17
 - First Reading Budget and Taxation
 -      Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Green) Adopted
 - 1/20
 - Hearing 2/2 at 1:30 p.m.
 - 2/7
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
 - 2/8
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 2/10
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 4/7
 - Senate Concur - House Amendment
 -      Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 2/11
 - First Reading Ways and Means
 - 3/28
 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
 - 4/1
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/2
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/26
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 109
 
Sponsored by:
- Budget & Tax. Comm., Chairman
 - Departmental
 - Comptroller of MD
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- IDENTIFICATION
 - INCOME TAX
 - PENALTIES
 - SIGNATURES
 - TAX PREPARERS
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Tax - General
 - (
 10-804 ,
 13-715 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 Senate
- Number: 509532/01 (PDF)     Offered on: February 8, 2005    at:
10:42 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 765266/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 6, 2005       at:
11:45 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- February 10, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 - April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 
House 
- April 2, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (136-0)