I’m confused. The county has a county income tax? Isn’t that unusual around the country, for an income tax at not the state but the local level?
Or do Montgomery residents pay a state income tax and a local income tax as well?
In Maryland, part of the state income tax is credited to the county of residence.
We pay up to three taxes (not counting property) - State, county, and if you live in incorporated city, you pay that tax too. It’s all computed on the State form.
Counties in the state of maryland have their own income tax. I don’t know what other states do that. Next-door virginia does not, but has higher property tax than maryland.
It’s a piggy back tax. The amount is calculated as a percentage of your federal. So if you pay less federal then you pay less local county taxes.