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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.; and

 
Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, śL is enacted to read:

 
L. Contributions or deposits to an individual medical
savings account established under chapter 914 subject to the
following limitations.

 
(1)__The taxpayer may subtract:

 
(a)__The amount of contributions made by the
taxpayer's employer during the taxable year to the
taxpayer's individual medical savings account to
the extent that the employer contributions are
included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross
income; and

 
(b)__The amount deposited by the taxpayer in the
account during the taxable year.

 
(2)__The taxpayer's employer may subtract the amount of
contributions made by the employer to an individual
medical savings account established on the taxpayer's
behalf to the extent that the contributions are not
deductible under the Code.

 
Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5164, sub-§1, as enacted by P&SL 1969, c. 154, Sec.
F, §1, is amended to read:

 
1. Fiduciary adjustment defined. The fiduciary adjustment
shall must be the net amount of the modifications described in
section 5122, including subsection 3 if the estate or trust is a
beneficiary of another estate or trust, which relates to items of
income or deduction of an estate or trust.

 
Interest income earned on a trust that is established as an
individual medical savings account pursuant to chapter 914 is not


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