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Income Tax – Healthy Indoor Air Quality Tax Credit

Sponsor: Delegate BrooksCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - IncomeStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Allowing certain persons to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred during the taxable year to purchase and install certain indoor air quality equipment in a home or commercial building; requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to publish on the Comptroller's website a list of approved indoor air quality equipment on or before September 30 each year; requiring a person to obtain a certain eligibility certificate from the Comptroller in order to claim the credit; etc.

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Testimony (6)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWheat, MichaelAssociation of Air Conditioning ProfessionalsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVVan Horne, JohnHeating & Air Conditioning Contractors of MDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVlocklair, caileylobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Brooks, Delegate BrookslegislatorIndividualOral
FWABrooks, BenjaminIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVlocklair, caileyMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: HPSO Investments LLC, T/A Riverboat on the Potomac; Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association