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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 18.13.02.12" title_num="18" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="02" heading="Tax Avoidance.">
  <text>The Department will administer Tax-Property Article, §12-117, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter in the broadest legal manner to impose a tax when a transaction involving a transfer of controlling interest in a real property entity is structured to avoid the payment of the taxes.</text>
</regulation>