How Do I Get My Maryland State Tax Transcript Online?

Maryland doesn’t issue an IRS-style tax transcript. To get your Maryland state tax information online, sign in to Maryland Tax Connect, the Comptroller’s portal, where you can view your filing and tax history for prior years.¹ If you need an official, certified copy of a return you filed, that isn’t available online at all: you have to request it using Form 129, either in person at a Comptroller branch office or by mail.²

Which one you need depends on who’s asking. For your own records or to fill in numbers on another form, the online view is usually enough. For a mortgage lender, court, or government agency that wants a stamped official record, you need the Form 129 copy.

Viewing Your Return Information on Maryland Tax Connect

Maryland Tax Connect lets individual and business taxpayers view filing and tax history, make payments, update personal information, and file returns.¹ To create an account, go to the portal on the Comptroller’s website, choose a User ID and temporary password, and set three security questions used for future credential resets.³ A reCAPTCHA check completes your first login.

Every later sign-in uses multi-factor authentication. The portal emails a one-time passcode to the address you registered, and you enter that code along with another reCAPTCHA before you’re in.³ There’s no AGI-based verification, no ID.me, no biometrics. Register with an email you can check right at the moment of login, because the passcode is time-sensitive.

Nothing you view or download from the portal is a certified document. If a lender accepts self-reported figures or a plain screenshot, the online view will do. If they need the Comptroller’s seal, keep reading.

Getting a Certified Copy With Form 129

Form 129 (Request for Copy of Tax Return) is the only way to obtain an official Maryland copy that carries the weight of a state record. The Comptroller provides the copies at no charge.²

The form asks for the taxpayer’s name and address as they appeared on the original return, your current mailing address, your Social Security Number (and your spouse’s, if joint), and the specific tax year or years you need. If you only want copies of W-2s, check the designated box on line 1a and list the employer’s name, address, and EIN on the back of the form.²

Submitting Form 129 in Person

Bring your completed Form 129 and a valid photo ID to any Comptroller branch office. Do not sign the form in advance. A Comptroller representative will have you sign it in their presence.² Branch offices are in Annapolis, Baltimore (multiple locations), Bel Air, Cumberland, Frederick, Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Salisbury, Waldorf, Wheaton, and Windsor Mill.⁴ You can also pick up completed copies at a branch instead of waiting for the mail.

Submitting Form 129 by Mail

If you mail the form, your signature generally has to be notarized first. The one exception: notarization isn’t required if your current mailing address matches the address on the original filed return.² Maryland caps notary fees at $25 per notarial act.⁵

Send the original notarized form (not a photocopy) to:

Comptroller of Maryland
Revenue Administration Division
Central Files
110 Carroll Street
Annapolis, MD 21411-0001

Copies come back by U.S. Postal Service only. The Comptroller will not email, scan, or fax them.² The instructions don’t give a firm turnaround, so build in several weeks of lead time if you’re working toward a loan closing or application deadline.

If Someone Else Is Requesting on Your Behalf

The Comptroller won’t release tax information to a third party without a power of attorney. Your representative must file Form 548 with the Revenue Administration Division, and the representative has to be an individual, not a firm. Form 548 has to name specific tax types, forms, and years; blanket language like “all years” is invalid. Unless the representative is an attorney, CPA, or enrolled agent, a copy of your government-issued photo ID has to accompany the form.⁶

One useful shortcut: if a valid Form 548 is already on file, the representative doesn’t have to submit a separate Form 129 to request your return.²

For a deceased taxpayer, the personal representative of the estate can sign Form 129, but a copy of the letters of administration from the probate court must accompany the request.²

Confirm What the Lender or Agency Actually Wants

Requesters sometimes ask for a “state tax transcript” as a habit, without knowing Maryland doesn’t produce one under that name. Before you start, ask whether a certified copy of your Maryland Form 502 will satisfy their requirement. It usually does, since the certified copy shows the same core data a transcript would: adjusted gross income, filing status, and the tax liability or refund. Getting that answer up front can spare you from waiting weeks on a document nobody actually needed.

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Comptroller of Maryland. NEW Maryland Tax Connect Portal Information – Taxpayer Services
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Comptroller of Maryland. 2025 Maryland Form 129 Request for Copy of Tax Return
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Comptroller of Maryland. Maryland Tax Connect Registration and Linking Tax Accounts Guide
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Comptroller of Maryland. Our Locations
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Maryland General Assembly. Maryland Code GSG 18-107
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Comptroller of Maryland. 2024 Maryland Form 548 Power of Attorney Instructions