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Level 2
August 28, 2025
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Maryland late payment penalties

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  • August 28, 2025
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Lacerte gives a diagnostic error when an individual MD return includes late payment penalties. Lacerte will not allow the return to be e-filed with the penalties included nor e-pay the balance with the penalties.  I was told by a Lacerte representative that MD did not permit e-filing with the penalty.  THIS IS NOT CORRECT.  According to the MD Comptroller's office, e-filing with the penalties is permitted.  Additionally, other tax software (Drake) does allow e-filing with penalties calculated and included with e-pay.

I cannot believe that a program like Lacerte will allow Drake to better it.

Come on Lacerte (Intuit), get with the 21st Century.

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Level 2
July 24, 2026

I am SO with you!  I just came across this for this year.  My UltraTax program Efiled MD with penalties and interest with no problem. It really annoys me when Lacerte claims it’s an Efile limitation by the state revenue agency but we know it’s not.  I don’t remember a single return I was EVER forced to paper file the state with UltraTax (besides issues like identity theft, claimed dependent,  IPPIN issues, etc.). Such a bummer.

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July 29, 2026
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