Maryland State Income Tax Burden

Maryland’s 1999 income tax threshold — the income level at which families begin paying income tax:	Ranking among 42 states with income taxes
For two-parent families of four: $24,800.	6th highest
For single-parent families of three: $24,200.	3rd highest
Maryland’s 1999 income tax on working-poor and near-poor families:
For families of four with poverty-line incomes ($17,028): $20 refund.	9th lowest
For families of three with poverty-line incomes ($13,290): $190 refund.	8th lowest
For families of three with minimum-wage earnings ($10,712): $325 refund.	7th lowest
No tax on families with income at 125% of the poverty line ($21,285 for a family of four and $16,613 for a family of three).
Maryland has consistently exempted families with below-poverty earnings from the income tax. In 1991, a family of four owed no tax until its income reached 13 percent above the poverty line. Maryland’s tax threshold is now 46 percent above the poverty line.