USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 36. TAXATION
Chapter : Chapter 805. COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS
Title 36 - §5121. Maine taxable income

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5121. Maine taxable income

The Maine taxable income of a resident individual is equal to the individual's federal adjusted gross income as defined by the Code with the modifications and less the deductions and personal exemptions provided in this chapter. [2003, c. 390, §26 (amd).]
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Title 36 - §5122. Modifications

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5122. Modifications

1. Additions. Federal adjusted gross income shall be increased by:



A. Interest or dividends on obligations or securities of any state other than this State, or of a political subdivision or authority of any state other than this State, to the extent that interest or those dividends are not included in the recipient's federal adjusted gross income; [2003, c. 390, §27 (amd).]




B. Interest or dividends on obligations of any authority, commission, instrumentality, territory or possession of the United States which by the laws of the United States are exempt from federal income tax but not from state income tax; [1981, c. 706, §33 (amd).]




C. [1987, c. 504, §9 (rp).]




D. For income tax years beginning before January 1, 2002, the amount of any net operating loss in the taxable year that has been carried back to previous years pursuant to the Code, Section 172; [2003, c. 390, §28 (amd); §53 (aff).]




E. The amount of any deduction claimed for the taxable year under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 172 which has previously been used to offset the modifications provided by this subsection; [1987, c. 739, §§44, 48 (amd).]




F. [2001, c. 583, §15 (rp).]




G. Pick-up contributions paid by the taxpayer's employer on the taxpayer's behalf to the Maine State Retirement System as defined in Title 5, section 17001, subsection 28-A; [1997, c. 557, Pt. B, §4 (amd); Pt. G, §1 (aff).]




H. The absolute value of the amount of any net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1989, but before January 1, 1993, that arises from an S corporation with total assets for the year of at least $1,000,000 and the absolute value of the amount of any net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 that, pursuant to the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 172, are being carried back for federal income tax purposes to the taxable year by the taxpayer; [2001, c. 559, Pt. J, §1 (amd).]




I. [1995, c. 641, §3 (rp); §7 (aff).]




J. The amount claimed as a deduction in determining federal adjusted gross income that is included in the investment credit base for the high-technology investment tax credit; [2003, c. 390, §29 (amd).]




K. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1997, all items of loss, deduction and other expense of a financial institution subject to the tax imposed by section 5206, to the extent that those items are passed through to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes, including, if the financial institution is an S corporation, the taxpayer's pro rata share and, if the financial institution is a partnership or limited liability company, the taxpayer's distributive share. An addition may not be made under this paragraph for any losses recognized on the disposition by a taxpayer of an ownership interest in a financial institution; [2001, c. 559, Pt. GG, §9 (amd); §26 (aff).]




L. [1999, c. 731, Pt. X, §3 (rp); §§4, 5 (aff).]




M. The absolute value of the amount of any net operating loss arising from a tax year beginning or ending in 2001 that the taxpayer, pursuant to Section 102 of the federal Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-147, carries back more than 2 years to the taxable year for federal income tax purposes; [2001, c. 700, §3 (amd).]




N. With respect to property placed in service during the taxable year, an amount equal to the net increase in depreciation or expensing attributable to:

(1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 but prior to January 1, 2006, a 30% bonus depreciation deduction claimed by the taxpayer pursuant to Section 101 of the federal Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-147 with respect to property placed in service during the taxable year;


(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 but prior to January 1, 2006, a 50% bonus depreciation deduction claimed by the taxpayer pursuant to Section 201 of the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27 with respect to property placed in service during the taxable year; and


(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2003 but prior to January 1, 2008, the increase in aggregate cost used under Section 179 of the Code pursuant to Section 202 of the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27 or pursuant to Section 201 of the federal American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Public Law 108-357;
[2005, c. 218, §51 (amd).]




O. The amount of the contribution to a qualified scholarship organization that is included in the credit base of the educational attainment investment tax credit under section 5219-U to the extent that the contribution has been used to adjust federal adjusted gross income; [2003, c. 20, Pt. II, §1 (amd).]




P. The amount of the loan repayment included in the credit base of the recruitment credit under section 5219-V to the extent that the repayment has been used to adjust federal adjusted gross income; [2003, c. 20, Pt. II, §1 (amd).]




Q. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, the amount of deduction claimed pursuant to the Code, Section 222 for qualified tuition and related expenses; [2003, c. 20, Pt. II, §2 (new).]




R. [2003, c. 451, Pt. KK, §1 (rp).]




S. For tax years beginning in 2003, 2004 and 2005, the amount received from the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program to the extent excluded from federal gross income in accordance with the Code, Section 117; [RR 2003, c. 2, §117 (cor).]




T. [2003, c. 688, Pt. A, §41 (rp).]




U. [2003, c. 688, Pt. A, §41 (rp).]




V. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2007, the amount claimed as a federal income adjustment for student loan interest under the Code, Section 62 (a)(17), but only for interest paid after 60 months from the start of the loan repayment period; [2005, c. 12, Pt. L, §1 (amd).]




W. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, for an eligible individual as defined by the Code, Section 223 (c)(1), the amount of contributions to the eligible individual's health savings account under the Code, Sections 106 and 223 to the extent that those contributions, exclusive of rollovers, for the taxable year are not included in the eligible individual's federal adjusted gross income; and [2005, c. 12, Pt. P, §3 (amd).]




X. An amount equal to the taxpayer's federal deduction relating to income attributable to domestic production activities claimed in accordance with Section 102 of the federal American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Public Law 108-357. [2005, c. 12, Pt. P, §4 (new); §10 (aff).]

[2005, c. 12, Pt. L, §1 (amd); Pt. P, §§3, 4 (amd); §10 (aff); c. 218, §51 (amd).]


2. Subtractions. Federal adjusted gross income shall be reduced by:



A. Interest or dividends on obligations of the United States and its territories and possessions or of any authority, commission or instrumentality of the United States to the extent that interest or those dividends are included in federal adjusted gross income but exempt from state income taxes under the laws of the United States. The amount subtracted must be decreased by any expenses incurred in the production of the interest or dividend income to the extent that those expenses, including amortizable bond premiums, are deducted in determining federal adjusted gross income; [2003, c. 390, §30 (amd).]




B. An amount equal to the reduction in salaries and wages expense for federal income tax purposes associated with the taxpayer's federal work opportunity credit as determined under the Code, Section 51 or empowerment zone employment credit as determined under the Code, Section 1396; [2005, c. 218, §52 (amd).]




C. Social security benefits and railroad retirement benefits paid by the United States, to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income; [1989, c. 502, Pt. A, §136 (rpr); c. 556, Pt. B, §7 (rpr).]




D. [2001, c. 177, §2 (rp).]




E. Pick-up contributions paid to the taxpayer by the Maine State Retirement System or distributed as the result of a rollover, whether or not included in federal adjusted gross income, that have been previously taxed under this Part; [1999, c. 414, §40 (amd); §57 (aff).]




F. An amount equal to income taxes imposed by this State or any other taxing jurisdiction on the taxpayer that are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income; [1989, c. 508, §18 (new); c. 556, Pt. B, §10 (new); c. 880, Pt. G, §3 (rpr).]




G. For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 1989 and before January 1, 2000, an amount equal to the total premiums spent for insurance policies for long-term care that have been certified by the Superintendent of Insurance as complying with Title 24-A, chapter 68; [1999, c. 521, Pt. C, §3 (amd); §9 (aff).]




H. For each taxable year subsequent to the year of the loss, an amount equal to the absolute value of the net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1989, but before January 1, 1993, for which federal adjusted gross income was increased in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph H, and the absolute value of the amount of any net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, for which federal adjusted gross income was increased in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph H and that pursuant to the Code, Section 172 was carried back for federal income tax purposes, less the absolute value of loss used in the taxable year of loss to offset any addition modification required by subsection 1, but only to the extent that:

(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero;


(2) The taxable year is within the allowable federal period for carry-over; and


(3) The amount has not been previously used as a modification pursuant to this subsection;
[2003, c. 588, §15 (amd).]




I. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1991, an amount equal to the amount by which federal taxable income was reduced because of vessel earnings from fishing operations that were contributed to a capital construction fund; [RR 1997, c. 2, §58 (cor).]




J. To the extent included in federal adjusted gross income, any amount constituting a qualified distribution from an account established pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 417-E and used for paying higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary of that account; [2003, c. 390, §33 (amd).]




K. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1997, all items of income, gain, interest, dividends, royalties and other income of a financial institution subject to the tax imposed by section 5206, to the extent that those items are passed through to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes, including, if the financial institution is an S corporation, the taxpayer's pro rata share and, if the financial institution is a partnership or limited liability company, the taxpayer's distributive share. A subtraction may not be made under this paragraph for:

(1) Income of the taxpayer earned on interest-bearing or similar accounts of the taxpayer at a financial institution as a customer of that financial institution;


(2) Any dividends or other distributions with respect to a taxpayer's ownership interest in a financial institution; and


(3) Any gain recognized on the disposition by the taxpayer of an ownership interest in a financial institution;
[1999, c. 708, §34 (amd); c. 731, Pt. S, §1 (amd); §4 (aff).]




L. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000 and before January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the total premiums spent for qualified long-term care insurance contracts as defined in the Code, Section 7702B(b), as long as the amount subtracted is reduced by the long-term care premiums claimed as an itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the total premiums spent for qualified long-term care insurance contracts as defined in the Code, Section 7702B(b), as long as the amount subtracted is reduced by any amount claimed as a deduction for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the Code, Section 162(l) and by the long-term care premiums claimed as an itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125; [2003, c. 705, §11 (amd); §14 (aff).]




M. For each individual who is a primary recipient of pension benefits under an employee retirement plan, an amount that is the lesser of:

(1) Six thousand dollars reduced by the total amount of the individual's social security benefits and railroad retirement benefits paid by the United States, but not less than $0. The reduction does not apply to benefits paid under a military retirement plan; or


(2) The aggregate of pension benefits under employee retirement plans included in the individual's federal adjusted gross income.

For purposes of this paragraph, the following terms have the following meanings. "Primary recipient" means the individual upon whose earnings the employee retirement plan benefits are based or the surviving spouse of that individual. "Pension benefits" means employee retirement plan benefits reported as pension or annuity income for federal income tax purposes. "Employee retirement plan" means a state, federal or military retirement plan or any other retirement benefit plan established and maintained by an employer for the benefit of its employees under the Code, Section 401(a), Section 403 or Section 457(b), except that distributions made pursuant to a Section 457(b) plan are not eligible for the deduction provided by this paragraph if they are made prior to age 55 and are not part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made for the life of the primary recipient or the joint lives of the primary recipient and that recipient's designated beneficiary. "Employee retirement plan" does not include an individual retirement account under Section 408 of the Code, a Roth IRA under Section 408A of the Code, a rollover individual retirement account, a simplified employee pension under Section 408(k) of the Code or an ineligible deferred compensation plan under Section 457(f) of the Code. Pension benefits under an employee retirement plan do not include distributions that are subject to the tax imposed by the Code, Section 72(t). "Military retirement plan" means benefits received as a result of service in the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard; [2005, c. 218, §53 (amd).]




N. Interest or dividends on obligations or securities of this State and its political subdivisions and authorities to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income; [2001, c. 358, Pt. CC, §3 (new).]




O. A Holocaust victim settlement payment received by a Holocaust victim to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income. This paragraph applies only to a taxpayer who is the first recipient of a Holocaust victim settlement payment. For purposes of this paragraph, the following terms have the following meanings.

(1) "Holocaust victim" means an individual who died, lost property or was a victim of persecution as a result of discriminatory laws, policies or actions targeted against discrete groups of individuals based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or national origin, whether or not the individual was actually a member of any of those groups, or because the individual assisted or allegedly assisted any of those groups, between January 1, 1929 and December 31, 1945, in Nazi Germany or in any European country allied with or occupied by Nazi Germany. "Holocaust victim" includes the spouse or descendant of such an individual.


(2) "Holocaust victim settlement payment" means a payment received:

(a) As a result of the taxpayer's status as a Holocaust victim;


(b) As a result of the settlement of any other Holocaust claim, including an insurance claim, a claim relating to looted art, a claim relating to looted financial assets, a claim relating to slave labor wages or a class action lawsuit claim against Swiss banks; or


(c) As interest on any payment under division (a) or (b) accumulated or accrued through the date of payment;

[2001, c. 679, §3 (amd); §6 (aff).]




P. An amount equal to the absolute value of any net operating loss arising in a tax year beginning or ending in 2001 for which federal adjusted gross income was increased in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph M and that, pursuant to Section 102 of the federal Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-147, was carried back more than 2 years to the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, but only to the extent that:

(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero;


(2) The taxable year is either within 2 years prior to the year in which the loss arose or within the allowable federal period for carry-over of net operating losses; and


(3) The amount has not been previously used as a modification pursuant to this subsection;
[2001, c. 559, Pt. GG, §12 (new); §26 (aff).]

(REALLOCATED TO T. 36, §5122, sub-§2, paragraph T)


P. [2001, c. 679, §4 (new); §6 (aff); RR 2003, c. 1, §37 (ral).]




Q. A fraction of any amount previously added back by the taxpayer to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph N.

(1) With respect to property first placed in service during taxable years beginning in 2002, the adjustment under this paragraph is available for each year during the recovery period, beginning 2 years after the beginning of the taxable year during which the property was first placed in service. The fraction is equal to the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property, divided by the number of years in the recovery period minus 2.


(2) With respect to all other property, for the taxable year immediately following the taxable year during which the property was first placed in service, the fraction allowed by this paragraph is equal to 5% of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property. For each subsequent taxable year during the recovery period, the fraction is equal to 95% of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property, divided by the number of years in the recovery period minus 2.

In the case of property expensed pursuant to Section 179 of the Code, the term "recovery period" means the recovery period that would have been applicable to the property had Section 179 not been applied; [2005, c. 416, §1 (amd).]




R. [2003, c. 20, Pt. EE, §2 (rp).]




S. [2003, c. 20, Pt. EE, §2 (rp).]




T. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the total premiums spent for long-term care insurance policies certified under Title 24-A, section 5075-A as long as the amount subtracted is reduced by the long-term care premiums claimed as an itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125.
For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the total premiums spent for qualified long-term care insurance contracts certified under Title 24-A, section 5075-A, as long as the amount subtracted is reduced by any amount claimed as a deduction for federal income tax purposes in accordance with the Code, Section 162(l) and by the long-term care premiums claimed as an itemized deduction pursuant to section 5125; and [2005, c. 416, §2 (amd).]




U. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, the gain attributable to the sale of sustainably managed, eligible timberlands as calculated in this paragraph.

(1) As used in this paragraph, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

(a) "Commercial harvesting" or "commercially harvested" means the harvesting of forest products that have commercial value.


(b) "Eligible timberlands" means land of at least 10 acres located in the State and used primarily for the growth of trees to be commercially harvested. Land that would otherwise be included within this definition may not be excluded because of:

(i) Use of the land for multiple public recreation activities;


(ii) Statutory or governmental restrictions that prevent commercial harvesting of trees or require a primary use of the land other than commercial harvesting;


(iii) Deed restrictions, restrictive covenants or organizational charters that prevent commercial harvesting of trees or require a primary use of land other than commercial harvesting and that were effective prior to January 1, 1982; or


(iv) Past or present multiple use for mineral exploration.



(c) "Forest products that have commercial value" means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, Christmas trees, maple syrup, nursery products used for ornamental purposes, wreaths, bough material or cones or other seed products.


(d) "Sustainably managed" means:

(i) A forest management and harvest plan, as defined in section 573, subsection 3-A, has been prepared for the eligible timberlands and has been in effect for the entire time period used to compute the amount of the subtraction modification under this paragraph; and


(ii) The taxpayer has received a written statement from a licensed forester certifying that, as of the time of the sale, the eligible timberlands have been managed in accordance with the plan under subdivision (i) during that period.




(2) To the extent they are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income, the following amounts must be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income:

(a) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 10-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than an 11-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 115 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(b) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least an 11-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 12-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 215 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(c) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 12-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 13-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 15 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(d) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 13-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 14-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 415 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(e) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 14-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 15-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 13 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(f) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 15-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 16-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 25 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(g) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 16-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 17-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 715 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(h) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 17-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than an 18-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 815 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(i) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least an 18-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 19-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 35 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(j) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 19-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 20-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 23 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(k) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 20-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 21-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 1115 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(l) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 21-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 22-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 45 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(m) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 22-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 23-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 1315 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands;


(n) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 23-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005 but less than a 24-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, 1415 of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands; or


(o) For eligible timberlands held by the taxpayer for at least a 24-year period beginning on or after January 1, 2005, all of the gain recognized on the sale of the eligible timberlands.



(3) Taxpayers claiming this credit must attach a sworn statement from a forester licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 76 that the timberlands for which the credit is claimed have been managed sustainably. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "sustainably" means that the timberlands for which the credit is claimed have been managed to protect soil productivity and to maintain or improve stand productivity and timber quality; known occurrences of threatened or endangered species and rare or exemplary natural communities; significant wildlife habitat and essential wildlife habitat; and water quality, wetlands and riparian zones.
Upon request of the State Tax Assessor, the Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Conservation may provide assistance in determining whether timberlands for which the credit is claimed have been managed sustainably. When assistance is requested under this subparagraph, the director or the director's designee may enter and examine the timberlands for the purpose of determining whether the timberlands have been managed sustainably.

In the case of timberlands owned by an entity that is treated as a pass-through entity for income tax purposes, the land must be treated as eligible timberland if ownership and use of the land by the pass-through entity satisfies the requirements of this paragraph. If the owner of the eligible timberlands is an S corporation, the taxpayer must subtract the owner's pro rata share of the gain. If the owner of the timberlands is a partnership or limited liability company taxed as a partnership, the taxpayer must subtract the taxpayer's distributive share of the gain, subject to the percentage limitations provided in this paragraph.
This modification may not reduce Maine taxable income to less than zero. To the extent this modification results in Maine taxable income that is less than zero for the taxable year, the excess negative modification amount may be carried forward and applied as a subtraction modification for up to 10 taxable years. The entire amount of the excess negative modification must be carried to the earliest of the taxable years to which, by reason of this subsection, the negative modification may be carried and then to each of the other taxable years to the extent the unused negative modification is not used for a prior taxable year. Earlier carry-forward modifications must be used before newer modifications generated in later years. [2005, c. 416, §3 (new).]

[2005, c. 218, §§52, 53 (amd); c. 416, §§1-3 (amd).]


3. Fiduciary adjustment. There shall be added to or subtracted from federal adjusted gross income, as the case may be, the taxpayer's share of the fiduciary adjustment determined under section 5164. [P&SL 1969, c. 154, Sec. F, §1 (new).]


4. Cross reference. For modifications required to be made by a partner relating to items of income, gain, loss or deductions of a partnership, see chapter 815. [P&SL 1969, c. 154, Sec. F, §1 (new).]

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Title 36 - §5123. Deduction (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5123. Deduction (REPEALED)


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Title 36 - §5124-A. Standard deduction; resident

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5124-A. Standard deduction; resident

The standard deduction of a resident individual is equal to the standard deduction as determined in accordance with the Code, Section 63, except that for tax years beginning after 2002, the Code, Section 63(c)(2) must be applied as if the basic standard deduction is $5,000 in the case of a joint return and a surviving spouse and $2,500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. [2005, c. 12, Pt. P, §5 (amd).]

1. Married persons; joint return. [1989, c. 495, §2 (rp).]


2. Unmarried or legally separated heads of households. [1989, c. 495, §2 (rp).]


3. Single individuals. [1989, c. 495, §2 (rp).]


4. Married persons; separate returns. [1989, c. 495, §2 (rp).]


5. Certain individuals; deduction limitation. [1989, c. 495, §2 (rp).]

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Title 36 - §5124. Standard deduction; resident (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5124. Standard deduction; resident (REPEALED)


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Title 36 - §5125. Itemized deductions

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5125. Itemized deductions

1. General. An individual who has claimed itemized deductions from federal adjusted gross income in determining the individual's federal taxable income for the taxable year may claim itemized deductions from Maine adjusted gross income as provided in this section.



A. [1987, c. 819, §7 (rp).]




B. [1987, c. 819, §7 (rp).]

[2003, c. 390, §34 (amd).]


2. Spouses. Spouses, both of whom are required to file returns under this Part, are allowed to claim itemized deductions from Maine adjusted gross income only if both do so. Their total itemized deductions from federal adjusted gross income, as modified by subsection 3, may be taken by either spouse or divided between them, as they may elect, if their federal income tax is determined on a joint return but their tax under this Part is determined on separate returns. [2003, c. 390, §34 (amd).]


3. Amount. The sum of an individual's itemized deductions from federal adjusted gross income must be:



A. Reduced by any amount attributable to income taxes or sales and use taxes imposed by this State or any other taxing jurisdiction; [2005, c. 12, Pt. P, §6 (amd); §10 (aff).]




B. Increased by any amount of interest or expense incurred in the production of income taxable under this Part but exempt from federal income tax that was not deducted in determining the individual's federal taxable income; [2003, c. 390, §34 (amd).]




C. Reduced by any amount of deduction attributable to income taxable to financial institutions under chapter 819; [2003, c. 390, §34 (amd).]




D. Reduced by any amount attributable to interest or expenses incurred in the production of income exempt from tax under this Part; and [2003, c. 390, §34 (new).]




E. Reduced by the amount attributable to any contribution that qualified for and was actually utilized as a credit under section 5216-C. [2003, c. 390, §34 (new).]

[2005, c. 12, Pt. P, §6 (amd); §10 (aff).]

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Title 36 - §5126. Personal exemptions

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5126. Personal exemptions

For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1998 but before January 1, 1999, a resident individual is allowed $2,400 for each exemption that the individual properly claims for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, unless the taxpayer is claimed as a dependent on another return. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1999 but before January 1, 2000, a resident individual is allowed $2,750 for each exemption that the individual properly claims for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, unless the taxpayer is claimed as a dependent on another return. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, a resident individual is allowed $2,850 for each exemption that the individual properly claims for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, unless the taxpayer is claimed as a dependent on another return. [2001, c. 583, §16 (amd).]

1. Single individuals and married persons filing separate returns. [1989, c. 878, Pt. D, §12 (rp).]


2. Heads of households. [1989, c. 878, Pt. D, §12 (rp).]


3. Individuals filing married joint return or surviving spouses. [1989, c. 878, Pt. D, §12 (rp).]

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Title 36 - §5127. Income tax credits (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5127. Income tax credits (REPEALED)


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Title 36 - §5128. Dual residence; reduction of tax

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5128. Dual residence; reduction of tax

If the taxpayer is regarded as a resident of both this State and another jurisdiction for purposes of personal income taxation, the assessor shall reduce the tax on that portion of the taxpayer's income which is subjected to tax in both jurisdictions solely by virtue of dual residence, provided that the other taxing jurisdiction allows a similar reduction. The reduction shall be in an amount equal to that portion of the lower of the 2 taxes applicable to the income taxed twice which the tax imposed by this State bears to the combined taxes of the 2 jurisdictions on the income taxed twice. [1979, c. 541, Pt. A, § 232 (amd).]
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Title 36 - §5129. Credit for investment in The Maine Capital Corporation (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5129. Credit for investment in The Maine Capital Corporation (REPEALED)


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Title 36 - §5130. Retirement credit (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5130. Retirement credit (REPEALED)


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Title 36 - §5131. Exemption credit (REPEALED)

Title 36: TAXATION
Part 8: INCOME TAXES
Chapter 805: COMPUTATION OF TAXABLE INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS

§5131. Exemption credit (REPEALED)


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