INTERVIEW – MD COMPTROLLER PETER FRANCHOT—discussed Tax Day in Maryland.

• Comptroller Franchot suspends 20 tax preparers ahead of filing deadline.  (April 13, 2018)  As tax season winds down, state Comptroller Peter Franchot has suspended 20 tax preparers in Maryland, Virginia and Georgia because of a “high volume” of questionable income tax returns. Franchot’s office had already suspended 54 tax preparers during the 2018 tax season prior to Friday’s announcement. Tax returns are due on April 17.  Combined with the prior two years, the Comptroller’s Office has suspended 149 tax preparers since 2016. The businesses were sent a written notice of the action after they were identified by the comptroller’s fraud unit. The agency has a review process that provides an opportunity for blocked preparers to have their filing privileges restored.