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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-211" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Taxable Income Calculations for Individual">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, an individual may deduct an exemption for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the taxpayer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the spouse of the taxpayer if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a joint return is not made by the taxpayer and the spouse; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the spouse, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has no gross income and is not a dependent of another taxpayer; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each individual who is a dependent, as defined in § 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, of the taxpayer for the taxable year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, whether or not a federal return is filed, to determine Maryland taxable income, an individual other than a fiduciary may deduct as an exemption:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$3,200 for each exemption that the individual may deduct under subsection (a) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an additional $3,200 for each dependent, as defined in § 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, who is at least 65 years old on the last day of the taxable year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an additional $1,000 if the individual, on the last day of the taxable year, is at least 65 years old; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an additional $1,000 if the individual, on the last day of the taxable year, is a blind individual, as described in § 10–208(c) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an individual other than one described in paragraph (2) of this subsection has federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year greater than $100,000, the amount allowed for each exemption under subsection (b)(1) or (2) of this section is limited to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$1,600 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year does not exceed $125,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$800 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year is greater than $125,000 but not greater than $150,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$0 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year is greater than $150,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a married couple filing a joint return or an individual described in § 2 of the Internal Revenue Code as a head of household or as a surviving spouse has federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year greater than $150,000, the amount allowed for each exemption under subsection (b)(1) or (2) of this section is limited to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$1,600 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year does not exceed $175,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$800 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year is greater than $175,000 but not greater than $200,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$0 if federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year is greater than $200,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
