Montgomery County crunches down on property tax credits

Officials in Montgomery County are going after nearly 2,000 homeowners who wrongly received state and county property tax credits worth slightly less than $700, WTOP reported. County officials are estimating they could collect as much as $5.4 million for the credits, incorrectly given out between 2009 and 2012.

County officials have collected about $134,000 from 216 accounts and expect to bill about 900 more in the coming months.