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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 03.04.02.08" title_num="03" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Deductions Allowed a Nonresident.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A nonresident individual may use the standard deduction as provided for under Tax-General Article, §10-219, Annotated Code of Maryland, or itemize deductions as provided for under Tax-General Article, §§10-218 and 10-219, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Standard Deduction.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A nonresident individual may elect to use the standard deduction whether or not the individual itemizes deductions on the individual's federal income tax return in determining federal taxable income.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Limitation. A nonresident may claim the standard deduction on the Maryland return in the amount computed by multiplying the appropriate standard deduction by a fraction:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The numerator of which is Maryland adjusted gross income; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The denominator of which is federal adjusted gross income.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Itemized Deductions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Only an individual who itemizes deductions on the federal income tax return may elect to itemize deductions on the individual's Maryland income tax return.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Limitation. A nonresident may claim itemized deductions on the Maryland income tax return:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In the amount computed by multiplying federal itemized deductions, reduced by the amount claimed as taxes on income paid to a state or political subdivision of a state, by a fraction:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The numerator of which is Maryland adjusted gross income, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The denominator of which is federal adjusted gross income; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Actual itemized deductions verifiable by the individual as paid in Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>