Comptroller Franchot works to combat tax fraud in the state of Maryland

To try and combat tax fraud, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says that he has suspended processing electronic and paper tax returns from 19 private tax preparers.

One of the new businesses is the Maryland Tax Solution and Multi Services in Salisbury.

This stems from a high volume of questionable returns received.

Since 2007, the comptroller's office has detected and blocked nearly 76 thousand fraudulent tax returns worth more than 174 million. 

Taxpayers are advised to carefully review their returns for suspicious information that includes inflated wages and false business income