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§5111-C.__Imposition and rate of tax |
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| | 1.__Resident.__A tax is imposed for each taxable year | beginning on or after January 1, 2004 on the Maine taxable | income of every resident individual of this State.__The amount | of the tax is 5%. |
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| | 2.__Additional tax.__Additionally, a tax is imposed for each | taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1989 on the | Maine adjusted gross income of every nonresident individual.__ | The amount of the tax equals the tax computed under this | section and chapter 805, as if the nonresident were a | resident, multiplied by the ratio of the individual's Maine | adjusted gross income, as defined in section 5102, subsection | 1-C, paragraph B, to the nonresident's entire federal adjusted | gross income as modified by section 5122. |
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| | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §5124-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 596, Pt. J, | §7, is repealed and following enacted in its place: |
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| §5124-A.__Standard deduction; resident |
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| | The standard deduction for resident taxpayers who are | married persons filing jointly is $30,000, the standard | deduction for persons filing as heads of households is $20,000 | and the standard deduction for all other resident taxpayers is | $10,000. |
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| | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5126, as amended by PL 2001, c. 583, §16, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §5160, as amended by PL 1993, c. 395, §19, is | further amended to read: |
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| | The tax is imposed, at the rates rate provided by section | 5111 5111-C for resident individuals, upon the taxable income | of estates and trusts. The tax must be paid by the fiduciary. |
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| | Sec. 9. 36 MRSA §5224-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 596, Pt. J, | §5, is further amended to read: |
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| §5224-A. Return of part-year resident |
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| | If an individual changes that individual's status as a | resident individual or nonresident individual during the | taxable year, the individual shall file a nonresident return | pursuant to section 5220, subsection 2. That individual's tax | shall must be computed, pursuant to section 5111 5111-C, | subsection 4 2, as |
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