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LD 63 Title Page An Act to Exempt Leased Equipment from Sales Tax LD 63 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§31, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. V,
§§4 and 5, is further amended to read:

 
31. Machinery and equipment. Sales or leases of machinery
and equipment for use by the purchaser or lessee directly and
primarily in either the production of tangible personal property,
which property is intended to be sold or leased ultimately for
final use or consumption, or the production of tangible personal
property pursuant to a contract with the United States Government
or any agency thereof.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill exempts from the sales tax leases of machinery and
equipment for use by the lessee directly and primarily in either
the production of tangible personal property intended to be sold
or leased ultimately for final use or consumption or the
production of tangible personal property pursuant to a contract
with the United States Government.


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