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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 J, | | §7, is repealed and following enacted in its place: |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| | | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5126, as amended by PL 2001, c. 583, §16, is | | repealed.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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