Here’s why Maryland paid the IRS $5.4 million in taxes

Maryland has paid $5.4 million to the Internal Revenue Service after a rare IRS audit of the state found it owed millions of dollars in taxes in 2020. Rachel Sessa, deputy comptroller for law and oversight, said during a meeting of the state Board of Public Works Wednesday the IRS audit of tax year 2020 found the stated owed over $16 million, but “staff within the Office of the Comptroller and other state agencies worked tirelessly to provide and obtain documentation to the IRS to significantly reduce the amount the state owes.”