The comptroller's office says Maryland's tax amnesty program is netting an estimated $9.6 million.

Joseph Shapiro, a spokesman for Comptroller Peter Franchot, says about 6,493 people have been accepted into the program. He also says about 100 applications are still being reviewed.

Shapiro says many are on payment plans. That means the state will receive the money during this fiscal year and the first half of the next fiscal year.

A tax amnesty program in 2001 brought in $39.5 million in revenue for the state.

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Shapiro says this year's amnesty was not expected to bring in that much, because of the number of people who participated in the last one.

The program allows residents to pay back taxes free of penalties and one-half the interest due.