Ensuring Tax Fairness

Comptroller Franchot is a strong proponent of the Tax Fairness Initiative. The initiative will bring our current tax collection technology into the 21st century, and make it harder for tax evaders to undermine our State’s financing system. The initiative will place additional auditors in the field and the comptroller’s office will be able to attract and retain capable professionals by offering them a competitive salary.

Over the next four years, the Tax Fairness Initiative will generate $200 million in revenue for our State, and once fully in place, will generate as much as $100 million every year. This is revenue that is currently owed the State, but is being sheltered or otherwise not being paid, a situation which hurts every Marylander because of the fundamental lack of fairness and the stress it puts on our State’s finances.