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LR 2504
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A tax is imposed on all cigarettes imported into this State or
held in this State by any person for sale at the rate of 47 mills
for each cigarette. Payment of the tax is evidenced by the
affixing of stamps to the packages containing the cigarettes. If
an individual purchases in any one month unstamped packages
containing cigarettes in a quantity greater than 2 cartons from a
person other than a licensed distributor or dealer, the tax may
be assessed directly against the purchaser by the State Tax
Assessor within 3 years from the date of the purchase.

 
Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §4384 is enacted to read:

 
§4384.__Reporting and payment of tax

 
A person who is not a licensed distributor or dealer who
imports, receives or otherwise acquires unstamped cigarettes for
use or consumption in the State in a quantity greater than 2
cartons in any one month from a person other than a licensed
distributor or dealer shall file, on or before the last day of
the month following each month in which unstamped cigarettes were
acquired, a return on a form prescribed by the State Tax Assessor
together with payment of the tax imposed by this chapter at the
rate provided in section 4365.__The return must report the number
of unstamped cigarettes imported, received or otherwise acquired
during the previous calendar month and additional information the
assessor may require.

 
Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 390, §31,
is further amended to read:

 
B. An amount equal to the taxpayer's federal work
opportunity credit as determined under the Code, Section 51
or empowerment zone employment credit as determined under
the laws of the United States Code, Section 1396;

 
Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶L, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001,
c. 358, Pt. CC, §1, is amended to read:

 
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


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