Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation

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Departmental Forms & Applications

Note: Due to the fact that the laws governing the formation and operation of business entities and the effectiveness of a UCC Financing Statement involve more than filing documents with our office, we suggest you consult an attorney, accountant, or other professional. Our staff cannot act as consultants.

Most of the filing fees for these documents are included in the instructions. You may also view the filing fee schedule online.

Create or Start a Business in Maryland

Maryland Business Express is SDAT's award-winning online platform for registering and establishing businesses, making annual filings, and requesting document copies. Click here to see if the legal entity for your business can be created online.

Note : All entities are required to make annual filings in order to legally operate in Maryland (see below). Sign up here to receive timely email reminders to file these important documents.

Make Changes to an Existing Business

End Cancel or Revive a Business

Foreign (non-Maryland) Businesses

When a non-Maryland corporation, LLC, LLP, LP, etc. makes an initial filing with SDAT that creates or reactivates an account, that filing must be accompanied by written proof of existence from the home state, generally the equivalent of a Certificate of Status.

Note : ​All entities are required to make annual filings in order to legally operate in Maryland (see below), including foreign (non-Maryland) businesses. Sign up here to receive timely email reminders to file these important documents.

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FILINGS

Note : Under Maryland Criminal Law, a person who files in public records of the Department of Assessments and Taxations a lien or encumbrance against the personal property of another that is based on a false, fictitious or fraudulent statement is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both for the first offense.

ANNUAL REPORTS & PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RETURNS

The simplest and easiest method to file both the Annual Report and Personal Property Tax Return is through Maryland Business Express (MBE), SDAT’s award-winning platform for creating a business, making annual filings, and requesting document copies online. As you answer the prompts in filing the Annual Report electronically, MBE will automatically identify whether a Personal Property Tax Return is required.

Business owners may continue to submit their Annual Report and Personal Property Tax Returns by mail or file in person at our West Preston Street office in Baltimore City.

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All business entities formed, qualified, or registered to do business in Maryland MUST file an Annual Report and, if they answer ‘Yes’ to either of the following questions, MUST ALSO file a Personal Property Tax Return. If this applies to your business entity, please file both the Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return together.

• Does the business own, lease, or use personal property located in Maryland?
• Does the business maintain a trader’s li​cense with a local unit of government in Maryland?​
  

Domestic and Foreign Corporations - LLC, LLP, LLLPs, LP, REIT, and Statutory Business Trust, must file Form 1, (See Form 1 Instructions Below)

Credit Unions must file a Form 3 Annual Report​

Financial Institutions, Banks, Savings Banks, Savings & Loans, and Trust Companies must file a Form 5 Annual Report​

Note: For entities with multi locations, only complete Section VI of Form 5 with the initial location reported. An additional Section V should be completed when reporting multi locations or branches.

Rental Property (Condominiums, Townhouses, Cottages, Room Rentals, etc.) in Ocean City/Worcester County (Unincorporated) must file a Form 7 Personal Property Tax Return

Form SD-1 – Supplemental Detail (NEW), used to report exemptions, expensed property, transfers in/out of Maryland​

To report the Transfer, Sale or Disposal of personal property, please download the form below
Form 21 – Transfer, Sale or Disposal of ALL Tangible Personal Property

​Please use the forms below to file 2023 annual reports and business personal property returns. You may also file most of these documents online Maryland Business Express.

Please use the forms below to file 2022 annual reports and business personal property returns. You may also file most of these documents online Maryland Business Express.

2021 Filings

Please use the forms below to file 2021 annual reports and business personal property returns. You may also file most of these documents online Maryland Business Express.

2020 Filings

Please use the forms below to file 2020 annual reports and business personal property returns. You may also file most of these documents online through ​ Maryland Business Express. ​ ​

Please use the forms below to file annual reports and personal property returns for years prior to 2020. You may also file most of these documents online through ​ Maryland Business Express.