STATEMENT – COUNCIL CHAIR GLAROS CANCELS EMERGENCY SESSION FOLLOWING
IRS ADVISORY
The Prince George’s County
Council has cancelled an emergency session scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday,
December 28. In response to new federal
tax laws passed by Congress and signed by the President last week, this body
was prepared to act to protect the interests of Prince George’s County
residents by providing potential options for the prepayment of 2018 County real
property taxes.
This Council planned to break
recess tomorrow to consider an emergency measure that would enable County
Government to receive prepayments from our taxpayers. We were looking to open County tax offices
over the weekend to accommodate residents who wished to prepay. However, late today the Internal Revenue Service issued an Advisory, which precluded the tax-saving action we would have taken to benefit County taxpayers.
Consequently, the Council will
not move forward with the planned legislation or tomorrow’s meeting. We would not want add any more confusion to a
tax plan that is already causing immense anxiety among our residents.
The Prince George’s County
Council shares the frustration and uncertainty of many of our residents about
the potential impacts of the Federal tax plan in the County, the state of
Maryland and our Country.
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